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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.

Custody / provider

These Messy-managed books use the Guru Lotus vault adapter on Base for custody and share accounting. Messy’s engine runs research, council decisioning, and trade construction; capital sits in Guru’s vault contracts. Our trading key can trade but cannot withdraw, a limit enforced by the vault contracts, not our software. Provider-side contract failure is venue risk. Keys live in Turnkey; our backend never holds key material.

For the blast-radius map (engine vs custody vs token), see Custody Broke. The Engine Didn’t..

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

Mon R- exec
Tue R- exec
Wed R- exec
Thu N exec
Fri N exec
Sat R- exec

Sampled from base01 sessions across the 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.

Flagged in base02, base04 Chair notes

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

Closing session · executed reconciled · 8 August 2026

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

Open Council minutes →

Mon exec ×2
Tue exec
Wed exec
Thu exec
Fri exec ×4
Sat exec ×3

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.
Current book
Cash 26.4% · Base 30.8% · High-beta 42.8%
CASH (USDC) 26.4% BASE (WETH) 30.8% FLAY 22.6% MRDN 20.2%

Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 8 August 2026

#1 BOTCOIN Appeared in 6/7 source run(s) with avg rank 5.50, best rank 2, recency score 22.52.
#2 HIGHER Appeared in 6/7 source run(s) with avg rank 6.17, best rank 3, recency score 13.29.
#3 MRDN Appeared in 5/7 source run(s) with avg rank 1.00, best rank 1, recency score 33.21.

base02 — council & book

Closing session · executed reconciled · 8 August 2026

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

Open Council minutes →

Mon exec
Tue exec
Wed exec
Thu exec
Fri exec
Sat exec

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.
Current book
Cash 25.4% · Base 31.5% · High-beta 43.1%
CASH (USDC) 25.4% BASE (WETH) 31.5% FLAY 22.0% MRDN 21.1%

Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 8 August 2026

#1 MRDN Appeared in 7/7 source run(s) with avg rank 3.29, best rank 1, recency score 34.27.
#2 BOTCOIN Appeared in 6/7 source run(s) with avg rank 3.50, best rank 2, recency score 28.61.
#3 AEON Appeared in 6/7 source run(s) with avg rank 3.67, best rank 2, recency score 19.58.

base04 — council & book

⚠️
Closing session · blocked · 8 August 2026

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

Open Council minutes →

Mon exec
Tue exec
Wed exec
Thu exec ×2
Fri exec
Sat session ×2

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.
Current book
Cash 24.8% · Base 32.9% · High-beta 42.4%
CASH (USDC) 24.8% BASE (WETH) 32.9% COCORO 29.1% DICKBUTT 9.7% APU 2.0% HIGHER 1.6%

Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 8 August 2026

#1 COCORO Appeared in 7/7 source run(s) with avg rank 1.14, best rank 1, recency score 37.85.
#2 HIGHER Appeared in 7/7 source run(s) with avg rank 3.57, best rank 2, recency score 27.23.
#3 DICKBUTT Appeared in 6/7 source run(s) with avg rank 5.00, best rank 2, recency score 21.37.

base05 — council & book

Closing session · executed reconciled · 8 August 2026

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

Open Council minutes →

Mon exec
Tue exec
Wed exec
Thu exec
Fri exec
Sat exec

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.
Current book
Cash 27.9% · Base 31.3% · High-beta 40.8%
CASH (USDC) 27.9% BASE (WETH) 31.3% DICKBUTT 22.5% JARVIS 16.7% HIGHER 1.6%

Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 8 August 2026

#1 HIGHER Appeared in 7/7 source run(s) with avg rank 1.86, best rank 1, recency score 34.59.
#2 JARVIS Appeared in 7/7 source run(s) with avg rank 3.00, best rank 1, recency score 31.43.
#3 DICKBUTT Appeared in 6/7 source run(s) with avg rank 3.17, best rank 1, recency score 29.32.

base06 — council & book

Closing session · executed reconciled · 8 August 2026

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

Open Council minutes →

Mon exec
Tue exec
Wed exec
Thu exec
Fri hold
Sat exec

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.
Current book
Cash 39.8% · Base 35.2% · High-beta 25%
CASH (USDC) 39.8% BASE (WETH) 35.2% TBTC 10.9% WBTC 9.7% OMI 4.4%

Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 8 August 2026

#1 OMI Appeared in 7/7 source run(s) with avg rank 3.71, best rank 3, recency score 27.88.
#2 WBTC Appeared in 6/7 source run(s) with avg rank 3.67, best rank 2, recency score 26.35.
#3 SOON Appeared in 5/7 source run(s) with avg rank 1.00, best rank 1, recency score 20.92.

Aggregate signal · Risk reject

✅ Aggregate signal
HIGHER
higher
Appeared in 7/7 daily runs across base01 and base04 and base05 over the 7-day lookback. Appeared in 6/7 source run(s) with avg rank 6.17, best rank 3, recency score 13.29.
❌ Risk reject
base01
base01 · base01
Rebalance executed and reconciled.

What this teaches the future Fund Agent

1
Macro gates exposure. Use the session-frozen regime the council actually saw (this week: Risk-off (R-)) — not a later live refresh.
2
Daily screen ≠ automatic trade. Aggregate leaders inform the slate; they do not bypass Chair decision or execution gates.
3
Chair decides, system records. Seats analyze and propose; the Chair adjudicates; minutes and execution receipts stay public on each fund’s Council tab.

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