Rumor is a non-custodial DeFi strategy engine that empowers funds, DAOs, and advanced users to build, execute, and share complex multi-chain strategies without writing a single line of code.
By combining a visual builder with an on-chain execution engine, we ensure every strategy remains auditable, forkable, and portable. Account abstraction and gasless transactions are not add-ons they are the baseline.
Why Now?
The DeFi infrastructure stack has matured, but the user experience for execution hasn’t kept pace.
L2 maturity changed the economics. With transaction costs on Arbitrum, Optimism, and Base dropping by over 99%, complex multi-step strategies are now economically viable even for smaller deposits.
Account abstraction is the new standard. Over 730,000 smart accounts have been deployed, proving the market demands a passwordless, gasless experience. We treat ERC-4337 as the default way to interact on-chain.
Cross-chain is finally reliable. The era of risky, ad-hoc bridges is over. LayerZero v2 and Chainlink CCIP provide the secure messaging layer needed to coordinate assets across networks confidently.
The technology is ready, but the interface is missing. Rumor bridges this gap by exposing strategies as transparent graphs rather than opaque vaults.
The Problem
DeFi offers powerful primitives lending, liquidity provision, staking, and structured products yet true adoption is stalled by fragmentation and complexity.
Today, executing a sophisticated strategy requires managing individual chains, tokens, and gas tokens manually. Users are forced to bridge funds, approve contracts, and sequence transactions one by one. This complexity pushes even professionals to rely on bespoke, brittle scripts.
Existing aggregators simplify access but obscure the logic. They offer fixed vaults, not the underlying strategy graph. Power users cannot inspect, fork, or modify the behavior to suit their risk profile.
Without a shared “Strategy OS,” every fund and protocol team wastes resources rebuilding the same execution engines, adapters, and monitoring tools. Rumor reclaims that time by standardizing the entire lifecycle of an on-chain strategy.