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{"actor":"system:backfill","investigation_id":"a90ee942-db5d-4649-b665-02939d2e0ea6","kind":"publish","page_slug":"beezie","published_at":"2026-11-06T00:15:02.613Z","sequence_num":1,"snapshot":{"content_type":"investigation","entity_name":"Beezie","sections":[{"content":"Beezie describes itself as a blockchain-enabled platform for the resale of collectibles. Users' physical items (trading cards, sealed product, sneakers, and other collectibles) are deposited into third-party secure storage, tokenized, and the resulting digital token is sent to the user's wallet on the Beezie platform, where it can be traded or redeemed for instant buyback. A third-party aggregator profile describes items as being stored in a Brink's-secured vault, though this has not been independently audited by AVOID.NET.","heading":"Business model and platform","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Beezie documentation - Vaulting My Collectibles","type":"official","url":"https://docs.beezie.com/user-guides/vaulting-my-collectibles"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Preqin asset profile - Beezie","type":"research","url":"https://www.preqin.com/data/profile/asset/beezie/768820"}]},{"content":"Beezie's product initially launched on the Flow blockchain before expanding to Base. On May 12, 2026, Beezie announced an expansion to the Solana ecosystem, with CEO Andrea Miele quoted in the announcement. In announcing the Solana move, the company reported, via press release and an interview with Decrypt, more than $100 million in trading volume on Base, over $142 million in annualized recurring revenue, more than 540,000 \"claw pulls,\" over 530,000 instant buybacks, and an approximate 90% buyback rate. These figures are self-reported by Beezie and were not independently verified by the news outlets that published them or by this investigation. In October 2026, Beezie began winding down its Base operations, consolidating its marketplace and vaulted collectibles onto Solana; a migration tool for Base users opened October 20, 2026, with Base redemptions reported to pause around the same time.","heading":"Multichain history: Flow, Base, Solana","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Beezie Brings Tokenized Collectibles to Solana","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/367592"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Beezie Winds Down Base and Consolidates Its Claws and Collectibles Marketplace on Solana","type":"news_article","url":"https://solanacompass.com/news/beezie-winds-down-base-and-consolidates-its-claws-and-collectibles-marketplace-on-solana"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Beezie Revolutionizes Collectibles Industry with Innovative Platform, Secure Vaulting and Gamification (press release)","type":"official","url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241211940529/en"}]},{"content":"In September 2026, Beezie partnered with The Luxury Closet to begin tokenizing authenticated Hermès Birkin bags on Solana, extending the platform beyond trading cards and sneakers into luxury goods, a vertical CEO Andrea Miele had said the company intended to pursue when it arrived on Solana.","heading":"Luxury goods expansion","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Beezie expands to Solana, joins fiercely competitive tokenized collectibles race","type":"news_article","url":"https://solanafloor.com/news/beezie-expands-to-solana-joins-fiercely-competitive-tokenized-collectibles-race"}]},{"content":"Beezie reportedly raised $4 million in a seed round in July 2026, led by Psalion VC Fund III, according to secondary funding-tracker sites and an Odaily newsflash. These sources are aggregator and crypto-news outlets rather than a primary company press release, so the figure should be treated as moderately, not fully, confirmed. Separately, an older aggregator profile (dated September 2025) lists a much smaller cumulative raised figure of $120,000 with investors including Techstars and Legendary Ventures; this discrepancy likely reflects an earlier, incomplete snapshot of the company's funding history rather than a contradiction, but it was not reconciled with a primary source.","heading":"Funding","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"Beezie Raises $4 Million in Latest Funding Round","type":"other","url":"https://raising.fi/news/beezie-undisclosed-july-2026"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Odaily newsflash on Beezie funding","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.odaily.news/en/newsflash/504558"}]},{"content":"Beezie's CEO and founder is identified in press materials and news coverage as Andrea Miele, who founded the company around 2022. A low-credibility wiki source (iq.wiki) states she holds a degree from Suffolk University and previously worked in medical device sales and management at firms including Cook Medical, Endologix, and Medtronic; these biographical details are uncorroborated by any primary or major-outlet source and should be treated as low confidence. AVOID.NET found no outlet referring to her as \"Andrea Griffin Miele\"; press and news coverage consistently use \"Andrea Miele.\" This discrepancy in naming has not been resolved and no allegation of wrongdoing by any individual associated with Beezie was found in available reporting.","heading":"Leadership","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Beezie Brings Tokenized Collectibles to Solana","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/367592"}]},{"content":"No lawsuits, regulatory enforcement actions (SEC, CFTC, or otherwise), hacks, or credible fraud allegations against Beezie were identified in available searches as of this investigation. This section reflects the absence of findings in public reporting and aggregator searches, not a confirmation of a clean record; the company's self-reported financial metrics (trading volume, revenue, buyback rates) have not been independently audited or verified by any outside party identified in this research.","heading":"Regulatory and legal record","severity":"low","sources":[]}],"sources_used":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Beezie Brings Tokenized Collectibles to Solana","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/367592"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Beezie Winds Down Base and Consolidates Its Claws and Collectibles Marketplace on Solana","type":"news_article","url":"https://solanacompass.com/news/beezie-winds-down-base-and-consolidates-its-claws-and-collectibles-marketplace-on-solana"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Beezie expands to Solana, joins fiercely competitive tokenized collectibles race","type":"news_article","url":"https://solanafloor.com/news/beezie-expands-to-solana-joins-fiercely-competitive-tokenized-collectibles-race"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Beezie Revolutionizes Collectibles Industry with Innovative Platform, Secure Vaulting and Gamification (press release)","type":"official","url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241211940529/en"},{"credibility":3,"name":"Beezie Raises $4 Million in Latest Funding Round","type":"other","url":"https://raising.fi/news/beezie-undisclosed-july-2026"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Odaily newsflash on Beezie funding","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.odaily.news/en/newsflash/504558"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Beezie documentation - Vaulting My Collectibles","type":"official","url":"https://docs.beezie.com/user-guides/vaulting-my-collectibles"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Preqin asset profile - Beezie","type":"research","url":"https://www.preqin.com/data/profile/asset/beezie/768820"},{"credibility":3,"name":"IQ.wiki profile of Andrea Miele","type":"other","url":"https://www.iq.wiki/en/wiki/andrea-miele/milestones"}],"summary":"Beezie is a collectibles marketplace that tokenizes physical items — graded trading cards, sealed product, sneakers, and more recently luxury goods — into tradable digital assets backed by vaulted physical storage. The company has moved across multiple blockchains (Flow, then Base, now Solana) and reports large trading-volume and revenue figures that are company-sourced and not independently verified. No regulatory actions, lawsuits, or credible fraud allegations against Beezie were found in available reporting as of this investigation.","timeline":[{"date":"2022-07","event":"Beezie founded by Andrea Miele, according to a secondary wiki source.","source":"IQ.wiki profile of Andrea Miele","source_url":"https://www.iq.wiki/en/wiki/andrea-miele/milestones"},{"date":"2024-12-11","date_evidence":"Press release dated December 11, 2024 (BusinessWire URL /news/home/20241211940529/en)","event":"Beezie issues press release describing its platform, secure vaulting, and gamification features.","source":"BusinessWire","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241211940529/en"},{"date":"2026-05-12","date_evidence":"Decrypt article reporting Beezie's announcement, dated May 12, 2026","event":"Beezie announces expansion to the Solana ecosystem, reporting over $100 million in Base trading volume and $142 million+ in annualized recurring revenue.","source":"Decrypt","source_url":"https://decrypt.co/367592"},{"date":"2026-09","event":"Beezie partners with The Luxury Closet to tokenize authenticated Hermès Birkin bags on Solana.","source":"SolanaFloor","source_url":"https://solanafloor.com/news/beezie-expands-to-solana-joins-fiercely-competitive-tokenized-collectibles-race"},{"date":"2026-07","event":"Beezie reportedly raises $4 million in a seed round led by Psalion VC Fund III.","source":"Odaily","source_url":"https://www.odaily.news/en/newsflash/504558"},{"date":"2026-10","date_evidence":"\"The migration tool opens Oct 20 at 8 AM ET.\"","date_original":"2026-10-20","event":"Beezie opens a migration tool allowing Base users to move eligible collectibles and wallet funds to Solana, as part of winding down Base operations.","source":"SolanaCompass","source_url":"https://solanacompass.com/news/beezie-winds-down-base-and-consolidates-its-claws-and-collectibles-marketplace-on-solana"}]},"v":1}