Molecula Launch Call Recap (May 23, 2025)

While Molecula soft-launched earlier in May 2025, it's always cool to have a kind of "official" launch date. For Molecula, it was May 23, 2025, when we streamed a live AMA session featuring Yaroslav Shakula (founder), Michael (business development lead), and Lilian, a special guest representing Halborn, a security auditor of the initial Molecula smart contract suite.

In 45 minutes, they unpacked Molecula mission, risk control, and safety procedures, discussed current and future product pipeline, went through a live demo, and answered a bunch of community questions.

“DeFi has always been quite complex… literally all the non-crypto people I know open any DeFi products interface and get stuck.“

Yaroslav Shakula’s formative pain point - watching friends abandon DeFi dashboards - influences the development of Molecula into what he calls “a permissionless, on-chain money market fund.” Users deposit USDT; the protocol mints a rebasing token and allocates funds across the top yield-generating protocols, followed by timely rebalancing.

Takeaway: Molecula's ultimate goal is to create “the place where you connect your wallet and start getting yield. As simple as it can possibly be.”

Halborn engineer Lilian broke down their five-phase process: deep protocol mapping, “attacker-mindset” threat modeling, proof-of-concept exploits, internal peer review, and continuous dialogue with developers.

“Security is not a one-off event; it’s a continuous practice.“

Molecula passed the audit without any critical findings, with all minor issues properly addressed. Additional layers include in-house monitoring (Molecula has a blockchain security engineer role), formal verification, and conservative asset selection, allocating funds only to the top DeFi protocols.

Takeaway: “The main goal is to keep the principal safe and liquid.” — Yaroslav

mUSD yield comes from an automated portfolio of battle-tested yielding assets (Spark, AAVE, Ethena, and Frax). Rewards accrue with each Ethereum block, and users' balances increase over time.

A dense rebasing formula underpins mUSD; Halborn verified edge-case math with unit tests and recom­mended invariant testing for future versions.

Takeaway: mUSD is structurally multicollateral; a potential shock in one venue only affects that part of the portfolio, mitigating isolated risks.

Yaroslav sees the roadmap as “pretty packed, but also pretty straightforward.”

Takeaway: Multi-chain and multi-asset expansion happens within the same interface; users “stay in Molecula.”

Why only USDT at launch?

Starting with single-asset keeps risk audits streamlined; multiple stablecoin deposits are projected shortly.

Any lock-ups?

Current mUSD provides instant liquidity. As the product evolves, optional lock-ups for higher APY will be introduced with terms enforced fully on-chain.

Reward distribution frequency?

Each Ethereum block.

Will there be a Molecula token or an airdrop?

No timetable. A governance or value-sharing token will only launch when it brings value to users and the ecosystem.

Early-investor round active?

“We’re not raising at the moment,” Shakula said. USDT deposits are currently the only way to participate.

Takeaway: Team focus remains on product traction, not token hype.

During the stream, Shakula deposited 51 USDT and received 50.92 MUSD, explaining the low-slippage LP route versus “native mint” route that requires wallet AML for amounts exceeding 100,000 USDT (as of now). The dashboard updated in seconds, and an account-activation signature (gas-less) enabled Atoms accrual (Atoms are the loyalty points, which will be explained soon).

Takeaway: The hardest and longest parts of the demo were waiting for Ethereum blockchain confirmations.

Molecula launch hits three notes: simplicity, security, and real-time yield, while a 2025 roadmap presses into Tron, ETH, and BTC flows. For users weary of complexity across DeFi, the stream underscored a single-front-door vision grounded in audited contracts and automated on-chain asset management logic.