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Fund / Signal update · 19 September 2026 · vnext-2026-07-24

Weekly workflow proof for Messy-managed micro test funds on Base: Guru Lotus books base04, base05, and base06, plus Lagoon books lg-base01 and lg-base02. 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

This week's public micro books use two Base custody adapters. base04, base05, and base06 sit on Guru Lotus vaults. Messy's engine runs research, council decisioning, and trade construction; capital on those books sits in Guru's vault contracts. On the Guru books, the trading key can trade but cannot withdraw, a limit enforced by the vault contracts, not our software. lg-base01 and lg-base02 sit on Lagoon vaults for custody and share accounting. Provider-side contract failure is venue risk on either adapter. 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

  • 31 council sessions across 5 micro funds — 25 executed, 4 holds.
  • Week regime path: Neutral (N) → Risk-off (R-) — Effective macro regime is R- with fresh coverage and 80% confidence.
  • Narrative tape (session-frozen): Across 16 active narrative(s), 30d momentum vs TOTAL3ES ranges from Privacy Coins at +103.6pp to Real World Assets (RWA) at -4.6pp.
  • lg-base01 NAV $55.35 (+9.9% 7d, 5 exec / 1 hold).
  • base06 NAV $34.3 (+6.7% 7d, 5 exec / 0 hold).
  • REZ led aggregate screens this week — a candidate signal, not an automatic trade.

Week regime · what the councils used

Regime path

Neutral (N) → Risk-off (R-)

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

Sampled from base06 sessions across the week

Closing macro brief

Risk-off (R-) · as of 2026-09-19

Effective macro regime is R- with fresh coverage and 80% confidence.

Narrative momentum

Across 16 active narrative(s), 30d momentum vs TOTAL3ES ranges from Privacy Coins at +103.6pp to Real World Assets (RWA) at -4.6pp.

Micro funds · week scan

Fund NAV 7d Sessions Exec Hold
base04 $42.42 -3.3% 6 5 1 Council
base05 $43.09 +2.1% 6 4 2 Council
base06 $34.3 +6.7% 7 5 0 Council
lg-base01 $55.35 +9.9% 6 5 1 Council
lg-base02 $55.32 +5.8% 6 6 0 Council

base04 — council & book

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Closing session · maintain current · 19 September 2026

No trades executed: the council ratified the current book and the fund was not modified, with no follow-up execution required.

Week strip: Mon exec · Tue exec · Wed exec · Thu exec · Fri exec · Sat hold · 6 sessions

Open Council minutes →

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

Week net · Cash 21.7% → 27% · Base 31.9% → 39% · High-beta 46.4% → 34%

Tue exec Top-1 position (nogs, 19.8% NAV) sits above the effective max position weight and effective count 3.90 is below the derived breadth-band minimum of 4; the condition recurs each session until resolved.

Closing session

Cash 26.1% → 27% · Base 39.9% → 39% · High-beta 34%

Recommendation was projected onto the regime-band convergence step by validation.

  • Concentration: apeman at 16.5% NAV is the top-1 position with effective position count 2.33; a partial trim on strength into the WETH reserve is the normal way to recycle risk, but reversing yesterday's…
  • Dogeverse absent from the latest fresh run while holding aggregate rank 10; single-session coverage gap, watch not act.
  • Neiro exit cost measured at 105 bps; any reduction should weigh that against the reason for selling.
Current book
Cash 26.3% · Base 40.4% · High-beta 33.3%
CASH (USDC) 26.3% BASE (WETH) 40.4% APEMAN 15.8% NEIRO 14.8% DOGEVERSE 2.7%

Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 19 September 2026

#1 BYTE Appeared in 7/7 source run(s) with avg rank 1.14, best rank 1, recency score 38.60.
#2 NEIRO Appeared in 7/7 source run(s) with avg rank 2.57, best rank 2, recency score 32.30.
#3 MDOGAI Appeared in 7/7 source run(s) with avg rank 2.71, best rank 2, recency score 33.26.

base05 — council & book

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Closing session · maintain current · 19 September 2026

No trades executed: the council ratified the current book unchanged, so no rebalance package was prepared or needed.

Week strip: Mon exec · Tue exec · Wed hold · Thu exec · Fri exec · Sat hold · 6 sessions

Open Council minutes →

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

Week net · Cash 19.7% → 30.7% · Base 20.6% → 35.5% · High-beta 59.7% → 33.8%

Wed hold Fresh screening channel unusable this session — every incumbent and candidate absent from the latest fresh run; all dispositions rest on aggregate screening only, so no fresh-vs-aggregate divergence can be…

Closing session

Cash 30.7% · Base 35.5% · High-beta 33.8%

No bucket movement is recommended because current allocation already satisfies the computed posture.

  • amkt entry carries ~455 bps round trip plus +119 bps route gap; the funding trim of build (83 bps exit) must overcome ~575 bps combined friction before any expected edge survives — size accordingly or defer
  • quad is effectively untradeable at size beyond its current 2.5% weight: $3.5k global liquidity, $0 24h volume, +33 bps route gap — no increases without a liquidity re-probe
  • fair printed +16.7% in 24h with RSI short at 77 (+25.1); entry timing input only, not a hold/sell signal, but any add today is buying extended short-term strength
Current book
Cash 30.7% · Base 35.6% · High-beta 33.8%
CASH (USDC) 30.7% BASE (WETH) 35.6% BUILD 12.3% FAIR 6.9% ROOST 6.6% UZEC 5.6% QUAD 2.3%

Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 19 September 2026

#1 QUAD Appeared in 5/7 source run(s) with avg rank 3.20, best rank 1, recency score 25.99.
#2 CODY Appeared in 5/7 source run(s) with avg rank 3.40, best rank 1, recency score 21.17.
#3 UZEC Appeared in 5/7 source run(s) with avg rank 5.00, best rank 1, recency score 11.99.

base06 — council & book

Closing session · executed reconciled · 19 September 2026

The rebalance executed and reconciled: the council ratified a locked fund posture of about 26% cash, 35% base, and 39% high beta (from roughly 19/28/52), realized through proportional reductions in AERO, VVV, Pendle, ZEN, and Nock into WETH and USDC reserve; realized post-execution weights are not yet available to confirm the target was achieved.

Week strip: Mon exec · Tue exec · Wed exec · Thu exec · Fri session · Sat exec · 7 sessions

Open Council minutes →

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

Week net · Cash 15.3% → 26% · Base 22.4% → 35% · High-beta 62.3% → 39%

Tue exec Pendle entry at ~$1.04 deployable capacity sits at the minimum trade value; friction (33 bps round trip) is material relative to position size — either fund it from the link exit plus posture-driven reserve…

Closing session

Cash 19.1% → 26% · Base 28.4% → 35% · High-beta 52.4% → 39%

Recommendation was projected onto the regime-band convergence step by validation.

  • Regime transition is 1/2 days confirmed; the effective R- read driving the de-risk is not yet fully confirmed, though the ratified posture makes the reduction mandatory regardless.
  • Nock's one-session relative-strength collapse (-38) is a sample, not a sustained deterioration record; it supports weighting the trim toward nock but not an exit on thesis grounds.
  • Pendle's thin global liquidity ($225k) versus its 10.5% NAV weight is a standing exit-cost risk for future sessions.
Current book
Cash 25.9% · Base 35% · High-beta 39.1%
CASH (USDC) 25.9% BASE (WETH) 35.0% VVV 10.2% PENDLE 9.8% ZEN 9.7% AERO 7.4% NOCK 2.0%

Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 19 September 2026

#1 PENDLE Appeared in 7/7 source run(s) with avg rank 4.86, best rank 2, recency score 25.32.
#2 NPC Appeared in 7/7 source run(s) with avg rank 6.00, best rank 4, recency score 19.06.
#3 CAKE Appeared in 7/7 source run(s) with avg rank 7.14, best rank 6, recency score 13.94.

lg-base01 — council & book

Closing session · executed reconciled · 19 September 2026

The rebalance executed and reconciled: the council locked a fund posture of about 30% cash, 35% base, and 35% high beta and rotated the large-cap base sleeve by exiting sibyl, entering edel, and trimming nock while holding anyone and vvv.

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 20.9% → 29.6% · Base 21% → 35% · High-beta 58% → 35.4%

Fri hold sibyl exit is a second consecutive reduction within two sessions on one session of adverse scores; the multi-session deterioration bar is not yet met and 268 bps exit cost on a 2.7% NAV position makes the…

Closing session

Cash 34.1% → 29.6% · Base 30.5% → 35% · High-beta 35.4%

Recommendation was projected onto the regime-band convergence step by validation.

  • nock trim is justified by concentration (14.8% top-1) but the momentum evidence is one session old — a second fresh-run absence would firm it; trim size should reflect that the thesis signal is thin
  • sibyl exit at 161 bps exit cost on a $1.32 position is dust economics; the breadth-slot freed is the real benefit, not the capital
  • fuse and edel entry sizes must be capped against probed round-trip cost at actual notional — fuse's $10.7k global liquidity cannot absorb an unconstrained ticket
Current book
Cash 29.7% · Base 35.5% · High-beta 34.8%
CASH (USDC) 29.7% BASE (WETH) 35.5% ANYONE 14.2% EDEL 9.0% NOCK 6.1% VVV 5.5%

Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 19 September 2026

#1 REZ Appeared in 7/7 source run(s) with avg rank 4.14, best rank 1, recency score 22.87.
#2 FUSE Appeared in 6/7 source run(s) with avg rank 4.33, best rank 2, recency score 25.00.
#3 LSK Appeared in 6/7 source run(s) with avg rank 4.67, best rank 2, recency score 17.38.

lg-base02 — council & book

Closing session · executed reconciled · 19 September 2026

The rebalance executed and reconciled: the council ratified a fund posture of about 28% cash, 35% base, and 37% high beta and rotated the beta book — exiting sibyl, entering fuse, and reducing cbbtc and vvv while adjusting lsk, anyone, and jitosol.

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 20.3% → 28% · Base 18.3% → 35% · High-beta 61.5% → 37%

Tue exec sibyl shows a -18.1% one-day move and ATR% 24.6% — a single-session sample that opens thesis review; a second consecutive double-digit decline should force a staged reduce per the exit doctrine

Closing session

Cash 28.6% → 28% · Base 33.3% → 35% · High-beta 38.1% → 37%

Recommendation was projected onto the regime-band convergence step by validation.

  • anyone is extended (+22.6% 24h, RSI 72) with thin executable liquidity ($146k global) and 111 bps exit cost — a 7.4% NAV position whose exit leg is the most expensive in the book after sibyl
  • trend_momentum_pm's b3 entry is not funded by the sibyl trim it cites: $0.78 freed vs $1.03 minimum ticket — funding must come from the cbbtc reduce or posture reserve movement
  • 20.4% of beta book value sits in narratives with negative trailing 30d momentum vs TOTAL3ES, concentrated in cbbtc/RWA
Current book
Cash 28% · Base 35.1% · High-beta 36.8%
CASH (USDC) 28.0% BASE (WETH) 35.1% ANYONE 10.3% FUSE 8.8% JITOSOL 7.8% LSK 5.6% VVV 2.8% CBBTC 1.5%

Top aggregate candidates — 7-day lookback , as of 19 September 2026

#1 REZ Appeared in 6/7 source run(s) with avg rank 3.17, best rank 1, recency score 21.87.
#2 LSK Appeared in 6/7 source run(s) with avg rank 4.67, best rank 2, recency score 17.38.
#3 FUSE Appeared in 6/7 source run(s) with avg rank 4.67, best rank 2, recency score 23.37.

Aggregate signal

✅ Aggregate signal
REZ
Renzo
Appeared in 7/7 daily runs across lg-base01 and lg-base02 over the 7-day lookback. Appeared in 7/7 source run(s) with avg rank 4.14, best rank 1, recency score 22.87.

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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