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Fund / Signal update · 8 August 2026 · vnext-2026-07-24
Weekly workflow proof for Guru micro test funds on Base (base01, base02, base04, base05, base06). Screening prepares evidence; the Chair decides; the system records the resolution; only then can execution mutate the book. Macro and narrative below are the postures those sessions used, not a live market refresh at publish time.
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This week at a glance
- 38 council sessions across 5 micro funds — 29 executed, 1 hold.
- Week regime path: Risk-off (R-) all week — Macro posture is cautious and mixed, with fresh but conflicting evidence between a neutral observed regime and a weaker news-adjusted effective regime, supporting only a modest defensive tilt.
- Narrative tape (session-frozen): Across 16 active narrative(s), 30d momentum vs TOTAL3ES ranges from SocialFi at +53.2pp to Decentralized Finance (DeFi) at -15.1pp.
- base01 NAV $95.89 (+6.4% 7d, 6 exec / 0 hold).
- base04 NAV $42.13 (-4.4% 7d, 6 exec / 0 hold).
- HIGHER led aggregate screens this week — a candidate signal, not an automatic trade.
Across the councils
- Posture moves stayed partial — Chairs sized with cautious conviction rather than jumping fully to target bucket midpoints. (base01, base02, base04, base05, base06; 5 funds).
- Several Chairs flagged soft narrative tape — a large share of beta book value sat in narratives with negative 30d momentum vs TOTAL3ES. (base02, base04; 2 funds).
What's new in the app
- Fund pages in the app now include full council minutes — open any fund and tap Council to read what the portfolio committee debated, what the Chair decided, and whether trades were executed. How the AI investment council works →
- We publish five Guru micro test funds (base01, base02, base04, base05, base06). base04 and base05 joined on 10 July; base06 began council meetings in the week of 1 August. Every change on those test funds goes through screening, council review, and signed execution — the same path future AI-managed funds will use.
Week regime · what the councils used
Regime path
Risk-off (R-) all week
Closing macro brief
Risk-off (R-) · as of 2026-08-08
Macro posture is cautious and mixed, with fresh but conflicting evidence between a neutral observed regime and a weaker news-adjusted effective regime, supporting only a modest defensive tilt.
Soft narrative tape
Across 16 active narrative(s), 30d momentum vs TOTAL3ES ranges from SocialFi at +53.2pp to Decentralized Finance (DeFi) at -15.1pp.
- 100.0% of beta book value (attributed by primary narrative) sits in narratives with negative trailing 30d momentum vs TOTAL3ES.
Micro funds · week scan
| Fund | NAV | 7d | Sessions | Exec | Hold | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base01 | $95.89 | +6.4% | 12 | 6 | 0 | Council |
| base02 | $42.15 | +2.1% | 6 | 6 | 0 | Council |
| base04 | $42.13 | -4.4% | 8 | 6 | 0 | Council |
| base05 | $47.06 | +3.4% | 6 | 6 | 0 | Council |
| base06 | $23.78 | +0.4% | 6 | 5 | 1 | Council |
base01 — council & book
The rebalance executed and reconciled, exiting aeon and lightly trimming flay and mrdn to fund a posture shift toward cash and base.
Week strip: Mon exec · Tue exec · Wed exec · Thu exec · Fri exec · Sat exec · 12 sessions
Week net · Cash 32.7% → 26.5% · Base 31.3% → 30.8% · High-beta 36.1% → 42.7%
Tue exec Zero unfunded new-entry capacity; any beta addition must be sell-funded from a required exit or reduction recorded in the target, routed through cash/base reserve legs.
Closing session
Cash 25.6% → 26.5% · Base 27.5% → 30.8% · High-beta 46.9% → 42.7%
Conviction is cautious and alignment is mixed, so only a partial step toward the target midpoint is warranted rather than a full transition; the effective regime is weaker than the observed regime…
- Aeon's flagged +1275bps route gap materially raises the cost of any exit sizing decision beyond the current small position; do not treat the flagged execution ceiling as the token's underlying economics.
- mrdn's RSI short of 70.8 is elevated; this is an entry-timing signal only per the measured-axes study, not a reason to reduce an already-held position.
- Watch whether FLAY's absence from the fresh screening run persists into a second session, which would elevate it from a sample to a deterioration pattern worth revisiting.
Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 8 August 2026
base02 — council & book
The rebalance executed and reconciled, exiting the wbtc position and redirecting proceeds into flay, mrdn, and cash/base reserves.
Week strip: Mon exec · Tue exec · Wed exec · Thu exec · Fri exec · Sat exec · 6 sessions
Week net · Cash 38.8% → 25.4% · Base 19.3% → 31.3% · High-beta 41.9% → 43.4%
Tue exec Sleeve has only 2 active members; any full exit of one without a qualifying replacement or ratified posture reduction cannot finalize per sleeve constraint.
Closing session
Cash 24% → 25.4% · Base 28.2% → 31.3% · High-beta 47.9% → 43.4%
Cautious conviction with mixed EMA alignment limits movement to roughly a third of the way toward the regime target midpoint, trimming high-beta modestly while adding to cash and base within session…
- Zero unfunded new-entry capacity limits this session to reduce/rebalance actions funded by the wbtc trim; no new beta names should be added outright.
- 100% of beta book value sits in narratives with negative 30d momentum vs TOTAL3ES; this is descriptive context, not a sell trigger on its own.
- FLAY's absence from the latest fresh screening run despite a supportive aggregate rank of 4 should be watched across the next few sessions before drawing any conclusion.
Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 8 August 2026
base04 — council & book
No trades executed this session because the execution package was blocked on a route-safety review after a non-executable quote surfaced, so the fund remains at its pre-session weights.
Week strip: Mon exec · Tue exec · Wed exec · Thu exec · Fri exec · Sat session · 8 sessions
Week net · Cash 37.6% → 25.9% · Base 34.7% → 34.3% · High-beta 27.7% → 39.8%
Tue exec Zero unfunded new-entry capacity means any new addition (nut, rocky) must be structured as a sell-funded replacement, not a fresh unfunded entry.
Closing session
Cash 24.8% → 25.9% · Base 32.8% → 34.3% · High-beta 42.4% → 39.8%
Conviction is cautious and EMA alignment is mixed, so only a partial (about one-third) move toward the regime target midpoint is warranted; the effective regime softened due to a risk-off news…
- Cocoro at 29.1% NAV is a significant single-name concentration within a sleeve mandated to shrink; a future required trim should look here first if further reduction is needed.
- Dickbutt and higher carry very thin 24h volume ($128.85 and $246.64 global) — exit costs could exceed quoted bps at any meaningful size beyond current holdings.
- Sleeve is 100% concentrated in narratives (Meme/L2/SocialFi/CEX) running negative 30d momentum vs TOTAL3ES; this is context, not a trigger, but compounds macro risk-off overlay.
Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 8 August 2026
base05 — council & book
The rebalance executed and reconciled, with the fund's on-chain positions updated to reflect a trim of JARVIS and HIGHER and an unchanged DICKBUTT holding.
Week strip: Mon exec · Tue exec · Wed exec · Thu exec · Fri exec · Sat exec · 6 sessions
Week net · Cash 37.3% → 28% · Base 27.4% → 31.4% · High-beta 35.3% → 40.6%
Tue exec Beta buy capacity is $0 deployable with max new entries 0; any addition this session must be sell-funded by a required exit, and no incumbent currently carries required-exit evidence strong enough to justify…
Closing session
Cash 28% · Base 28.4% → 31.4% · High-beta 43.7% → 40.6%
Conviction is labeled cautious with mixed EMA alignment, so movement is deliberately partial (roughly a third of the distance toward the target midpoint) rather than a full regime shift; the…
- High-beta sleeve remains 100% concentrated in three names post-trim; jarvis reduction leaves book still narrow (2-3 names) with no new-entry capacity to diversify.
- Fresh/aggregate rank divergence on higher (fresh 2 vs agg 1) and dickbutt (fresh 4 vs agg 3) is a one-session slip, not sustained deterioration — do not treat as an exit trigger this session.
- Reversing last session's dickbutt buy or higher sell within 1-2 sessions would pay execution friction twice; no PM proposes this and none should absent a stated thesis change.
Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 8 August 2026
base06 — council & book
The rebalance executed and reconciled, increasing tBTC while trimming WBTC and OMI and shifting cash toward base and high beta.
Week strip: Mon exec · Tue exec · Wed exec · Thu exec · Fri hold · Sat exec · 6 sessions
Week net · Cash 49.8% → 39.8% · Base 37% → 35.2% · High-beta 13.2% → 25%
Fri hold Beta book is 76.5% concentrated in RWA/DeFi narratives currently showing negative 30d momentum vs TOTAL3ES; the ratified beta increase will add to this concentration unless the incremental dollar tilts toward…
Closing session
Cash 44.8% → 39.8% · Base 34.7% → 35.2% · High-beta 20.5% → 25%
Conviction is cautious and alignment is mixed, so only a partial, capped step toward the target midpoint is warranted rather than a full regime shift; the move also respects the session movement…
- Only one new-entry capacity slot ($1.07 deployable) is available this session; PM proposals to both increase 811 and add 588 cannot both consume that slot unless the 811 increase is a sub-minimum retained…
- 588 ohm's 24h volume (~$172 global) and thin round-trip depth (126bps @ $5 probe) make it a fragile venue for the marginal beta add relative to incumbent tbtc's deeper, already-verified route.
- OHM's thin liquidity and short aggregate track record leave it a watch-list candidate rather than a session add; revisit if volume and aggregate confirmation improve.
Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 8 August 2026
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