Legend Labs
San Francisco, US · Founded 2024 · Delaware corporation · 3 known investors
Legend is a mobile-first DeFi platform that enables users to earn interest on stablecoins, trade digital assets, and borrow against their holdings directly from their phone. The platform integrates decentralized finance natively without requiring wallet connections or browser switching, serving crypto users who want simplified onchain asset management.
Also known as Legend · Legend Labs, Inc. · Legend: Trading & Investing
Founders & leadership
Investors · 3
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$13M disclosed across 1 round · 2024
▶$13MraisedOct 2024 · 1 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(c)
- Geoffrey HayesExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Mykel PereiraExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Jayson HobbyExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Offering amount
- $15M
- Amount sold
- $13M
- First sale
- Oct 2024
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2024
- Federal exemptions
- 06c
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Legend Labs, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that develops Legend, a mobile application bringing decentralized finance functions into a single iPhone app. The product lets users earn interest on stablecoins, trade supported digital assets, borrow against holdings, and run leveraged "loop" positions, with balances held in the user's own smart wallet rather than with the company. The company presents the app as a solution to DeFi's usability problem: protocols are natively integrated so users do not need to connect an external wallet, switch networks, or move between browser tabs, and positions held in wallets or deployed in protocols are shown in one view.
Functionally, the app supports trading on Arbitrum, Base, Ethereum, HyperEVM, Optimism, Polygon, Unichain and World Chain, with assets including cbBTC, ETH, USDC, USDT, HYPE, LINK, AAVE, MORPHO, UNI, ARB and WLD, among others. Fiat on- and off-ramping to a bank account is provided through Coinbase Onramp, and cross-chain movement of assets is handled in the background via Across. The listing advertises stablecoin (USDC) yields of over 7.00%, with automated prompts to migrate to better available rates. Network fees can be paid in any asset rather than a specific gas token, and the app provides price charts, market data and push notifications on onchain activity.
Security is described as passkey-based: authentication uses Face ID rather than seed phrases, hardware wallets (Ledger) can be connected over Bluetooth, account recovery is supported by Turnkey, and the company states the source code has been audited by multiple security firms. The company's terms of service, last updated August 6, 2024, restrict use to individuals aged 18 or over and exclude residents of embargoed jurisdictions and sanctioned persons.
Business model
Legend Labs provides a consumer-facing mobile application that routes user transactions into third-party DeFi protocols on a non-custodial basis. The App Store listing references "low and transparent fees with no spreads" on trading, but the sources do not otherwise detail how the company charges or monetizes.
Not stated in the sources beyond a reference to low, transparent trading fees with no spreads; the app itself is free to download.
Traction
Version 1.0 of the iOS app shipped on 2025-08-14, followed by frequent releases through version 1.5.7 on February 14, adding HyperEVM/HYPE and USDH support, a Search tab, Circle CCTP support, additional assets, and improved routing. The US App Store listing shows a 4.7 rating from 21 ratings; the Australian listing has too few ratings to display an average.
Latest developments
The most recent app release adds HyperEVM integration with HYPE trading and USDH earning, a one-tap claim/swap/supply flow to compound Earn rewards, candlestick and user-action chart overlays, Circle CCTP support for cross-network stablecoin transfers, and QR/camera scanning for sends. The prior release introduced a Search tab and improved Loop detail pages and Across bridge hints.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
The sources do not provide market share, ranking or competitive comparison data. The company positions itself as consolidating earn, trade and borrow functions into a single mobile interface and as safer than connecting a wallet to websites, citing the elimination of DNS and redirect scams.
Native protocol integrations that remove wallet-connect flows and browser tab switching; a curated set of supported assets, protocols and chains rather than open-ended support; background intent-based bridging; gas payable in any asset; passkey/biometric signing with no seed phrases; unified visibility of wallet and in-protocol positions; and push notifications on onchain activity.
Technology
The app integrates directly with third-party DeFi protocols including Uniswap, 0x, Aave, Compound and Morpho, and operates across Arbitrum, Base, Ethereum, HyperEVM, Optimism, Polygon, Unichain and World Chain. Users hold onchain smart wallets secured by passkey-based signing and biometric authentication, with optional Ledger hardware wallet support over Bluetooth and account recovery provided by Turnkey. Cross-chain transfers use intent-based bridging via Across, with Circle CCTP added to improve stablecoin transfers between networks; fiat on/off-ramp is powered by Coinbase Onramp. Network fees can be paid with any supported asset. The company states its source code has been audited by multiple security audit firms.
Go-to-market
Distribution is through the Apple App Store, where the app is free and iPhone-only, supplemented by the legend.xyz website and product updates published via the @legendapp account on X. Onboarding has included an access-code flow, indicating gated availability during early releases.
Individual retail holders of digital assets who want to earn yield on stablecoins, trade, or borrow against crypto holdings from a phone without managing browser wallets, seed phrases or manual bridging. Use is limited to persons 18 or older and excludes sanctioned jurisdictions and individuals.
Geography
Legend Labs, Inc. is based in San Francisco, California. The iOS app is listed on at least the US and Australian App Stores; the terms of service exclude residents, nationals and agents of Iran, Cuba, North Korea, Syria and the Crimean region of Ukraine, as well as other embargoed countries.
History
Legend Labs, Inc. published its terms of service with a last-updated date of August 6, 2024. The Legend iOS app reached version 1.0 on 2025-08-14 and has been updated repeatedly since, reaching version 1.5.7 in February.
Risks & controversies
No controversies are reported in the sources. The terms of service reserve the company's right to change or discontinue supported digital assets and features, to suspend or terminate user access without notice or cause, and include a mandatory individual arbitration provision and a class action/jury trial waiver, subject to an opt-out. Several web sources describing an Austin, Texas brand strategy and communications firm named Legend Labs (legendlabs.com) refer to a different company and were excluded.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Competitors · 10
by search overlapCompanies competing with Legend Labs for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
Timeline · 5
launches, deals, and filingsAdded HYPE trading and USDH earning via HyperEVM, a one-tap claim/swap/supply flow to compound Earn rewards, candlestick chart styles, Circle CCTP support and QR scanning.
Added a Search tab for discovery and exploration, improved Loop detail pages, enhanced asset charts and Across bridge hints.
Upgraded backend systems for intent-based actions and aggregated-balance routing, improved Earn/Trade/Borrow input screens, added support for 15+ additional assets to buy and sell.
Release added educational onboarding slides, access-code onboarding states, support for ZORA, TOWNS, BNKR and wrapped tokens (WETH, WPOL), a World Chain rewards bug fix, and performance work.
Version 1.0 of the Legend: Trading & Investing iPhone app was published on the App Store by Legend Labs, Inc.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
Legal entities · 1
corporate structureIn the news
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Legend Labslegend.xyz · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Legend Labs do?
- Legend Labs operates Legend, a non-custodial iOS app for earning, trading and borrowing against digital assets onchain.
- Who are Legend Labs's investors?
- Legend Labs's investors include a16z crypto, Andreessen Horowitz, Coinbase Ventures.
- How much funding has Legend Labs raised?
- Legend Labs has disclosed $13M raised across 1 round.
- Where is Legend Labs headquartered?
- Legend Labs is headquartered in San Francisco, US.




