ISSUE NO. 03 · TUESDAY 26 MAY 2026 · FILED FROM BOGOTÁ
Kevin's Mastermind
Update from Bogotá.
Update from Bogotá.
Trading NFTs go live June 1. Mastermind signals turn on. Stress tests, KBNX mechanics, and what every holder needs to do now.
— Kevin
§ 01 — ROADMAP
Launch Date
Trading NFTs go live June 1.
June 1 is the day. Trading NFTs activate inside the back office and the Mastermind signals turn on at the same time. Kevin will host a live call that day to walk everyone through what they see, how to withdraw, and how it all works.
Key Activations
JUN 1
NFTs Live
Trading NFTs activate in your back office. Withdrawals, dashboards, the works.
JUN 1
Mastermind Signals On
Connected accounts on Bybit / Bitget start receiving live signals.
MON
Weekly Mastermind Call
New rhythm — every Monday for updates, education, and Q&A.
§ 02 — DEVELOPMENT
Mastermind Signals
A May stress test that more than doubled.
Kevin ran a money-management stress test all of May on a $1,000 account at extreme leverage. The result: +161%, roughly 2.6x. Your live version will be heavily watered down — the test is designed to break the system. If it survives that, it ships.
May Stress Test Snapshot
+161%
Account Return
$1,000 starting balance · longs and shorts · calculated losses built in.
2.6x
Account Multiple
Achieved while running at 6x the intended live risk.
30 days
Refresh Cadence
New tests, new tweaks, new signals every month — Mastermind only.
§ 03 — EDUCATION
Why 60x?
Break it on purpose, then water it down.
Kevin runs the test at 60x leverage to simulate a black-swan event. If a strategy survives a 5–7% crash at six times the normal risk exposure, he ships a 10x version for live accounts. The stress test is the proving ground — not the live setting.
STRESS TEST
60x
Kevin's account. Designed to fail. If it survives, the strategy is solid.
LIVE MASTERMIND
6–10x
Your account. Same logic, watered-down leverage, far less exposure.
WHAT TO RISK
$1,000
Suggested test amount to ease in. Don't fund these accounts beyond that.
§ 04 — TOKENOMICS
The KBNX Token
KBNX is gas. Used, then burned.
KBNX powers every trade open, close, and money-management stage. Internal-only — not on public exchanges. Each token used is burned, making it deflationary. Eventually KBNX transitions to KBN with a hard cap.
CURRENT PRICE
$0.25 / token
Fees ~0.3% per trade. Similar to Bybit minus the funding rate. No 8-hour funding charges.
STAKING
Real-time unlock
Rewards released as others buy and use KBNX. Continuous, not daily.
NEW USERS
−40 KBNX float
Accounts can run negative up to −40 KBNX. Make money first, buy tokens after.
§ 05 — PRODUCT
Public Products
Two tiers for the public.
Outside the Mastermind, the public sees two products. INFINITY is hands-off. KAAT is for users who want to plug in TradingView strategies and tune their own money management.
KARBON INFINITY AI TRADER
Set & forget
Beginner-friendly. Auto entries via advanced algorithm + AI setups. Dynamic money management. System error overwatch.
KARBON ASSISTED (KAAT)
$0 / mo (limited)
For advanced users. TradingView strategies, custom money management, one-click signals. Free for now — $29 / mo at launch.
LAYER 1 — SUBSCRIPTION
Monthly access fee
KAAT sub in KBNX. $0 now, $29 / mo at launch. Gets you in the door.
LAYER 2 — GAS
Per-trade KBNX burn
~0.3% of position value, separate from the sub. Powers every open, close, and money-management stage.
§ 06 — NFT FUTURE
Collective NFT Wind-Down
Existing holders, grandfathered forever.
Tracy and Kevin confirmed the path for the Collective NFT side. The 6% compounding rewards may step down to 4% — still compounding, still paid daily. No new buyers will be allowed in once the door closes (likely within the next month or so). Existing holders are untouched.
REWARDS
6% → 4% compounding
Still compounding daily. Still the best deal out there. Slight rate change to keep the program sustainable long-term.
EXISTING HOLDERS
No end date
If you're already in, you're in. You keep your account, your marketplace access, the lot. Multi-NFT holders can still buy and sell within the cap.
NEW BUYERS
Closing soon
No new referrals once the switch flips — probably within the next month. Focus is shifting to the trading side.
§ 07 — CAPITAL
The $50M Decision
A $50 million no.
A Colombian real estate group offered $1M, then $10M, in NFT purchases. Kevin said no. Twice. The NFT side isn't growing. Instead, they're coming in on the trading side — multiple connected Bybit accounts, real KBNX volume, real fees for stakers to earn from.
WHO THEY ARE
Real estate, transitioning
A multigenerational Colombian real estate firm rotating wealth out of buildings and into digital. Working with the local Karbon team to set up accounts.
WHY IT MATTERS
Stakers rejoice
All that capital becomes KBNX trade volume. Every open, close, and money-management stage burns tokens. That fee flow rewards everyone staking in the system.
"I could have walked out of there with $50 million. The answer was no. I have a fiduciary responsibility to the people already in."
§ 08 — PERSONAL
From the Family
Dad's surgery. Round-the-clock care.
Kevin is still in Bogotá with his father. The full surgery — prostate removal and kidney work to remove the cancer — came in under $10,000 including hospital stays. Two nurses provide 24/7 coverage and will travel with the family to Boquetá and Mosas next.
The Reality on the Ground
<$10K
Total Surgery + Hospital
Prostate removal + kidney surgery + hospital stays. A fraction of US cost.
24/7
Nurse Coverage
Day shift and night shift. They travel with the family. A few hundred per month.
"Now we're on the other side of that, so I can get back to launching stuff."
§ 09 — SUCCESSION
If Kevin Steps Away
There's a plan. His name is his son.
Asked what happens if Kevin can't run accounts anymore, the answer was direct: his son. The best trader Kevin knows. Turned down Harvard, Yale, and Stanford to trade full-time. Built his own systems and runs other traders. Sahan handles the dev side — currently in Sweden at an AI conference, bringing learnings back into Karbon.
TRADING SUCCESSION
Kevin's son
Top-tier young trader. Recruited by every elite school in the US, all declined. Builds software and runs his own trader network on the side. Unemployable in the best possible way.
DEVELOPMENT LEAD
Sahan
Runs the dev team. Currently in Sweden at an AI conference, returning with new tooling for Karbon. Continuity on the engineering side regardless of trading-desk changes.
§ 10 — TRANSPARENCY
Why 30 Days?
The 30-day window, explained honestly.
When you sell your NFT, funds release after 30 days. Two reasons — one protective, one selfish, and Kevin owns both. The window gives the team time to manage positions out cleanly. It also lets the system continue earning during that window.
PROTECTIVE
Position management
30 days is an eternity in crypto. Time to wind down trades, move capital, and protect the rest of the holders.
HONEST
~4–6% buffer
During those 30 days the system keeps earning roughly 4 to 6 percent. Kevin's call: a fair trade for the 4–6% / month rewards the NFT delivers (4% fixed or 6% compounding).
§ 11 — ACTION
Holder Action List
Four things, before June 1.
Connect one account first — sub-account expansion is coming. Don't reconnect Bybit until Monday's call. Fund only what you can afford to test with. While you're in the V4 system, lock down your account.
- 01 Wait for the Monday June 1 call before reconnecting Bybit / Bitget.
- 02 Connect one account only at first — sub-account features rolling soon.
- 03 Fund with a test amount first — $1,000 max while you watch it run.
- 04 Set up 2FA, anti-phishing code, and whitelist withdrawal address inside the V4 system.
- 05 No exchange access in your region? Decentralised options are being explored.
§ 12 — MISSION
The Bigger Picture
A way to make money, in a world that's losing jobs.
Kevin spent 20 years in the US Air Force. He still remembers what an extra $300 a month meant — the difference between a working car and a junk one, between making the mortgage and not. AI is taking jobs faster than the economy can replace them. Karbon's job is to give people a way to make money using the same technology that's taking it.
THE NUMBER THAT MATTERS
A few hundred a month
Not $50K. Not $100K. Kevin's focus is on the person making just enough — and what an extra $300–$1,000 a month does for that household, that family, those kids.
WHERE THE WORLD IS GOING
From data centres to software
2026 was the year of building AI infrastructure. 2027 is the year people figure out the world overbuilt and the focus shifts to software that uses it. Karbon is positioned for that shift.
"If one person comes in and makes $1,000 a month, you're not feeding one person. You're feeding his wife, his two kids, his parents."
§ 13 — VOICES
From the Community
Why this work matters.
Three voices from the call. Real members. Real lives changed. The mission isn't abstract — it's sitting on the other end of the Zoom.
KRISTEN · MELBOURNE
"Completely replaced my income."
Nurse midwife, single mom. After multiple surgeries over 18 months, Karbon let her stop working out of necessity and return to work as a choice. Now planning retirement at 49 and a pivot into functional medicine.
JUDY · MELBOURNE
"You've saved me."
Living with shingles and ongoing nerve pain. Karbon means she can stop working if her body forces her to. "I'm in tears. Sorry. It's been life changing."
BELINDA · CANADA / W. AFRICA
"Paying school fees back home."
Originally from West Africa, living in Canada. Uses Karbon growth to fund education for kids back home — including one starting a Masters in Germany this year. Now passing the lesson down: her own kids invest one-third of every dollar earned.
§ 14 — SUMMARY
Full Summary
Everything, in one place.
| Category | Event & Milestone | Timeline |
|---|---|---|
| Roadmap | Trading NFTs activate in back office | 1 Jun 2026 |
| Roadmap | Mastermind signals turn on for live accounts | 1 Jun 2026 |
| Community | Live walkthrough call — NFTs, withdrawals, signals | 1 Jun 2026 |
| Community | New weekly Mastermind call cadence begins | Mondays |
| Development | May stress test: $1,000 → +161% at 60x | May 2026 |
| Tokenomics | KBNX gas at ~0.3% per trade · deflationary burn | Live |
| Tokenomics | Staking rewards unlock in real time | Ongoing |
| Product | KAAT sub $0/mo (limited) · ~0.3% gas per trade in KBNX | Public Tier |
| NFT Future | Collective rewards stepping 6% → 4% (still compounding) | In Discussion |
| NFT Future | New NFT buyers — referrals closing soon, existing grandfathered | Within ~1 mo |
| Capital | $50M Colombian real estate group joining trading side (not NFT) | In Progress |
| Personal | Dad's surgery complete — 24/7 nurse care in Bogotá | Now |
| Succession | Kevin's son flagged as trading-side backup · Sahan leads dev | Permanent |
| Transparency | 30-day NFT sale window — management buffer + system earn | Policy |
| Action | Connect one account only · set up 2FA + anti-phishing + whitelist | This Week |
§ 15 — CLOSING
June 1, the system turns on.
The mastermind exists to give you what the public never sees — the stress tests, the early signals, the inside view. Show up Monday. Stay ready.
— Kevin
Filed from Bogotá · 26 May 2026
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