Introduction

The Quantor project, which effectively uses the professional background of the team and experts, as well as modern methods of training and blockchain technologies, provides participants in the decentralized and classical economy with advantages of quantitative methods in asset management and blockchain. Quantor plans to develop the ecosystem of talented algorithmic traders and asset managers, using numerical methods and computer technologies - «quants» and investors. As a rule, it is difficult for an ordinary person to understand clearly the variety of investment opportunities. To find the investment managers and advisors become is a more attractive way for retail investors because of the lack of knowledge, experience and free time. At the same time, two factors are critically important for successful investment: reliability and professionalism of the managers. There are many cases when investors lost significant funds because of dishonesty or lack of professionalism of managers. Now, for the successful investment, it became especially important to be able to apply the latest computer technologies, including large data analysis, machine learning, direct access to exchanges, and systematic methods in investing. Quantor strives to bring the advantages of numerical methods of asset management in the decentralized and classical economy through the development of the ecosystem of talented developers of quantitative investment strategies using latest computer technologies. The main goal of Quantor is to make modern investment technologies available to a wide range of investors. The platform increases the availability of innovative technologies, using online training courses and cutting costs by replacing offline intermediaries with software solutions. Computer technologies create an additional factor of reliability and efficiency of investments by minimizing the risks of the human factor in making investment decisions. The Quantor platform will combine the educational online platform and a marketplace of investment algorithms for cryptocurrency and fiat markets. Quantor will offer its services to a wide range of investors working with various financial assets. Quantor’s capabilities will be applicable to both traditional financial instruments and cryptocurrencies. The platform will be developed in cooperation with brokerage and management companies, as well as exchanges, which will allow their needs to be taken into account, and in the future - Quantor services to be offered to their audience. The goal of the platform is integration, testing, and verification of developed trading algorithms on the platform using the blockchain technology, formation, and provision of the capital flow, as well as educational and information solutions for quants and investors. Quantor’s team has defined a plan that describes the main stages of the platform development based on the results of the token-sale. Since the platform consists of several parts, the development of each of them will take place in parallel with the development of other elements. Within one part, each next stage is based on the results of previous stages of development. Since Quantor will act not only as an educational center but also as an information platform for investors who consider the possibility of investing in algorithms provided by the developers, the project plans to obtain the necessary licenses of the financial regulator in the country of incorporation to ensure compliance with the specified legislative requirements where they are introduced and mandatory. The parent company of the Quantor project will be registered, and the Quant utility-tokens will be issued in the jurisdiction of one of the countries supporting the development of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies. Quantor token holders will obtain access to various services and platform capabilities, depending on the number of tokens purchased by the user.