Yafa

What Yafa does

Yafa is a decentralized cryptocurrency and ecosystem project built around the $YAFA token (1,000,000,000 total fixed supply), issued on the Solana blockchain and traded via the Raydium DEX. The project positions itself as the first Palestinian digital currency, offering a self-custodial, permissionless asset designed to enable borderless peer-to-peer transactions for Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, and the global diaspora, while resisting confiscation, frozen accounts, and inflation in traditional financial rails. Users acquire the token through a three-step Phantom wallet flow (purchase SOL, transfer, swap) with current transaction fees of 1-5% expected to compress as liquidity deepens.

The core technology stack centers on Solana for settlement, with a roadmap that includes a proprietary Yafa L2 blockchain with cross-chain bridges to Ethereum and Solana, and a transition to a DAO governance model with 100+ validators. The ecosystem combines the core token with cultural preservation via a partnership with Digital Palestine (tokenizing artifacts, stories, and landmarks) and humanitarian programming via Yafa Relief, which has reportedly established 20 water access points, delivered 75,000 meals, and distributed $350,000 in tokens to Gaza and the West Bank. A SolidProof smart contract audit has been completed and published to address security risk.

The business model is explicitly hybrid and non-traditional: token transaction fees constitute the only protocol-level monetization, while token sale proceeds are described as funding humanitarian initiatives rather than generating profit. Marketing is community-led and earned-media-driven across Instagram, X, TikTok, Telegram, and tier-one financial press (Benzinga, Business Insider, Morningstar, MarketWatch, TradingView/Reuters), targeting two primary segments — Palestinian communities seeking financial sovereignty and global supporters funding humanitarian objectives. Revenue, headcount, formal corporate registration, and venture funding are not publicly disclosed; the roadmap contemplates formally registering "Yafa Ltd." in Phase 2.

Name

Yafa

Legal name

Yafa

Website

https://yafa.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Yafa is a decentralized Solana-based cryptocurrency project ($YAFA token, 1B supply) building financial infrastructure for Palestinians and the global diaspora through self-custodial, borderless payments, a planned DAO, and a humanitarian distribution arm that has deployed water access, meal programs, and on-ground aid in Gaza and the West Bank.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Currency

SIC

Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYFSADAMAL

DAO Treasury, Governance & On-Chain Finance Tools

Financial & Insurance/Crypto & Digital Assets/Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Platforms

Keywords

• Blockchain digital currency
• Cryptocurrency token
• Self-custody wallet
• Humanitarian aid token
• Decentralized governance

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Others

Revenue model

1. Token Transaction Fees: Standard blockchain transaction fees incurred when users swap, transfer, or trade $YAFA tokens. Current estimated transaction costs range from 1-5% depending on purchase method and amounts. As ecosystem develops and migrates to exchanges, fees are expected to reduce due to increased trade volume and liquidity.
2. Token Sales Proceeds for Humanitarian Initiatives: Proceeds from token sales are used to fund humanitarian efforts including water points, hot meals, tents, schools, and financial aid programs. The project is primarily humanitarian and community-driven rather than profit-focused.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Yafa issues the $YAFA token, Palestine's first self-custodial digital currency built on the Solana blockchain with a fixed total supply of 1,000,000,000 tokens, distributed globally via the Raydium DEX and Phantom Wallet to enable borderless, confiscation-resistant transactions. The core offering extends beyond the token to include the Yafa Relief humanitarian program (water points, meals, financial aid, schools in Gaza and West Bank) and a planned DAO governance model, with a roadmap for a proprietary Yafa L2 blockchain and cross-chain bridges to Ethereum and Solana.

Product overview

Yafa is a blockchain-powered digital currency and ecosystem project built on Solana, centered around the $YAFA token (1 billion total supply). The ecosystem combines the core $YAFA digital currency with planned governance via Yafa DAO, cultural preservation through Digital Palestine partnership, and humanitarian initiatives. Key planned products include a proprietary Yafa L2 Blockchain with cross-chain bridges to Ethereum and Solana, and a dedicated social platform. The humanitarian arm (Yafa Relief) delivers food aid, water distribution, and financial assistance to Gaza and West Bank communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Yafa Relief: Humanitarian initiative partnered with Yafa to deliver emergency support to Gaza communities including water access points, food aid, and meals distribution.
• Yafa DAO

Quantifiable outcome

• 75,000 meals delivered to children and families in need
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Digital PalestinecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Strategic partnership with Digital Palestine to preserve and celebrate Palestinian heritage by tokenizing cultural artifacts, stories, and landmarks. Digital Palestine safeguards Palestinian identity and history through blockchain-based tokenization, while Project Yafa provides the economic backbone for the world's first Palestinian digital nation.
• Yafa ReliefcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnership with Yafa Relief organization for delivering emergency support to Gaza communities. Yafa Relief focuses on humanitarian initiatives while $YAFA token provides funding mechanism. Together they have established water access points and distributed food aid.
• Palestinian Web3 InitiativesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Strategic partnerships with Palestinian Web3 initiatives enabling early dApp integrations and ecosystem development. These collaborations support the broader goal of establishing decentralized financial infrastructure for Palestinians.
• RaydiumcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2025Public token launch completed on Raydium DEX establishing initial liquidity for $YAFA trading. Raydium serves as the primary decentralized exchange for token swaps on the Solana blockchain.
• SolanacoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2025$YAFA token operates on the Solana blockchain network, leveraging its high-speed, low-cost transaction infrastructure. Solana provides the security and scalability foundation for the digital currency.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Floki Inu: Community-driven ERC-20/SPL token with a mission-based narrative (originally Viking-themed, now building DeFi and education utilities). Closely comparable to Yafa as a retail-LED, narrative-driven token that pairs marketing with real-world programs and trades primarily on DEXs.
• Shiba Inu: Large-cap meme/utility token that evolved from pure community hype into an ecosystem (Shibarium L2, ShibaSwap). Directly comparable to Yafa's planned L2-and-DAO trajectory and its reliance on community-driven distribution and cultural branding.
• HEX: Community-led token with a transparent, on-chain incentive mechanism and no central team — extremely close analog to Yafa's 'no central authority' positioning and its planned DAO-based governance and validator economics.
• Pi Network: Mass-membership community token marketed globally to users excluded from traditional finance, with planned ecosystem and mainnet utility. Comparable to Yafa's diaspora-driven, mass-adoption-led strategy and humanitarian/financial-inclusion framing.
• SafeMoon: Retail-driven community token with reflection rewards and a roadmap ambition toward a full ecosystem (exchange, wallet, L2). Comparable to Yafa in narrative style and in the gap between stated roadmap ambition and shipped utility.

Emerging players

• Worldcoin (Tools for Humanity): Mission-driven crypto project using identity/verification to distribute a token globally, with a strong narrative and a global user base. Comparable to Yafa in the macro-pattern of identity/access-tied mission tokens, though with materially more capital and infrastructure.
• Stellar Development Foundation: Blockchain optimized for cross-border payments and financial inclusion, with institutional partnerships and real-world remittance corridors. Functionally competes with Yafa in the underbanked/cross-border-payments value proposition.
• Celo: Mission-driven Layer-1 blockchain purpose-built for financial inclusion and mobile-first payments. Direct overlap with Yafa's stated goal of borderless, low-cost payments for underbanked populations, but at a far more mature infrastructure and ecosystem stage.

Broad incumbents

• Solana: The underlying Layer-1 blockchain on which $YAFA is issued. Operates broadly in the same crypto infrastructure category and defines the transaction-cost and security envelope within which Yafa's token functions.

Others

• Raydium: Solana-native AMM/DEX where $YAFA is listed and trades. Not a competitor but a critical infrastructure dependency for liquidity, price discovery, and distribution of the Yafa token.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/yafa_io
• Instagraminstagram.com/yafa_io
• TikToktiktok.com/@yafa.io
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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