Nara raised a $500K pre-seed from YZi Labs, the fund formerly known as Binance Labs, following its graduation from EASY Residency Season 4 in Bhutan.

Nara is building NaraUSD, a yield-bearing dollar asset backed by cross-border payment financing: it tokenizes real payment flows to target non-correlated, double-digit USD returns. The raise follows YZi Labs' 10-week EASY Residency program, whose Season 4 cohort spent its second half on the ground in Bhutan's Gelephu Mindfulness City, with up to $500K available through the Builder Fund. On Demo Day the team pitched to CZ, seasoned investors and the King of Bhutan.

The deal fits YZi Labs' thesis that stablecoins and payment rails are becoming core financial plumbing, extending its bets into yield-bearing dollar products tied to real-world flows.

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