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# 4. Business Model

**"Hold to Access, Burn to Subscribe."**

Service access in the REDHEAL ecosystem is unified around a single token. Access is opened by **holding** REDH, and fees are paid by **monthly burns**.

## Track 1. Holding-Based Access

When a user holds at least the amount of REDH defined by operating policy in their own wallet, **access** to REDHEAL's auto-trading services is opened.

* Scope: stock algorithmic auto-trading (Korea first, extending to the US), and crypto futures auto-trading in the future
* Method: the member registers the API key of their own brokerage account, and the REDHEAL program places and closes orders directly in the member's account. REDHEAL does not hold or take custody of member funds.
* Maintenance: access is automatically revoked if holdings fall below the threshold
* The holding threshold (token quantity or KRW-equivalent value) will be announced in the operating policy, reflecting listing and liquidity conditions.

## Track 2. Burn-to-Subscribe

Members whose access is open pay the subscription fee by **burning a fixed quantity of REDH every month** while using the service.

* Auto-trading subscription: monthly REDH burn
* Real-time investment signals, surge-stock screener, market commentary, and reports: provided on the members-only page, also paid by burning REDH
* Burned REDH is permanently removed from circulation.
* The monthly burn quantity will be finalized and announced in the operating policy at service launch.

## Summary of the structure

* **Holding REDH = access to auto-trading services**
* **Monthly REDH burn = service subscription fee**
* **REDH burn = access to signals, screener, and reports**

This structure creates holding demand (to keep access) and burn demand (subscription fees) at the same time, so that circulating supply falls as service usage grows.

## Current status (September 2026)

Korean stock auto-trading is being validated on actual trading records. Member account integration, wallet authentication, and the burn-payment module are under development. The opening date of each service and the holding and burn thresholds will be announced in sequence according to validation results.