Crypto Retirement Investment App

Project background

According to the Retirement Industry Trust Association (RITA), between 3-5% of all IRAs are invested in alternative assets – e.g., real estate, precious metals, and cryptocurrency. With the raising popularity of investing in crypto to save for retirement, crypto investment app constantly emerge. However, existing systems don’t provide complex solutions that cover the full cycle of operations with crypto IRAs – funding accounts, including transfers and rollovers, crypto buy & staking, etc. Moreover, they are designed for savvy crypto traders with deep understanding of the topic – for an average person, it’d be quite difficult to use such a system without assistance or self-education.

To this end, our client approached us to develop an end-to-end solution that will eliminate all the drawbacks of existing crypto IRA programs. The app was supposed to cover the full cycle of operations with crypto retirement arrangements, make managing IRAs more user-friendly and attractive, ensure full transparency of transactions and transaction fees, and provide some unique features to win users loyalty.

The solution should also be responsible for keeping the accounts of IRA ‘s customers safe and in compliance with the regulations set by IRS and the government. Therefore, it was important to implement proprietary secure storage methods to ensure the safety of customers’ assets and prevent theft.

Target audience

The solution is targeted at people who live in the USA and want to increase the gains on their self-directed IRA accounts with help of crypto investments (buying and selling different cryptocurrencies, getting rewards for crypto staking) and acquire or enhance their knowledge of IRA and crypto.

Project challenges

Solution main features

Development process

We began with an extensive discovery phase and created the following artifacts:

• A vision and scope document with a detailed description of the project and a variety of diagrams – from user flow and user journey mind maps to solution architecture diagrams and others.
• A work breakdown structure (WBS) document with a detailed breakdown of all the features of the future solution, an accurate estimate for each feature, and a resource plan for the project.

Originally, the client planned to outsource the landing page development and the solution design to an American agency. However, they were so excited about the discovery process and results that they asked us to develop a landing page for the project. We delivered a functional, well-designed page, and the client was pleasantly impressed with the skills of our UX /UI team. Therefore, they decided to entrust our specialists with the design of the solution as well.

After the discovery phase and landing page development, we moved on to the next steps. Our UX/UI specialists created warframes for the client’s and admin’s modules of the system and, after the client’s approval, drafted the final design of the future solution. Once the design was ready, we moved to the development phase. Within 6 months, Itexus’ cross-functional team delivered the solution to the client.

Results

All in all, within 6 months we delivered an MVP that includes a landing page and a fully functional web app that allows users to manage their crypto retirement investments. Our client’s further plans include the development of a mobile version of the platform – and we’ll be there to implement it, as well as to support and maintain the app once it goes live, update it and add advanced features upon our client’s request.

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