# Our Key Mechanisms

### Revenue Generation

* Trading Profits from HyperTrend Vaults
* Platform fees (.5% NAV) accrued from institutional users running their own vaults

### Deflationary Design

* Fixed 100M token supply - zero new token emissions.
* Market buybacks when users choose $TREND over USDC rewards.
* Trend Assistance Fund for strategic token purchases.
* Staking locks to reduce the circulating supply.

### Alignment Systems

* Performance-based team vesting tied to TVL and Sharpe ratio targets.
* 20% profit sharing of TLP vault for stakers of $TREND.

2%/year management fee to HyperTrend labs  (calculated daily) provides funds to run the infrastructure without inflationary emissions