Overview

Avantis is the largest real-world asset (RWA) perpetuals DEX in DeFi, built on and backed by Base, and supported by Pantera and Coinbase. It allows users to trade both crypto and RWAs such as FX, commodities, indices, and equities, with leverage of up to 500x in a fully transparent and permissionless environment. The protocol functions as an advanced onchain exchange for cross-asset leverage, enabling users to long or short synthetic assets while liquidity providers (LPs) power the markets through USDC deposits. Avantis incorporates a unique trading engine designed to safeguard LPs while offering traders efficient execution, dynamic fee adjustments, robust risk management mechanisms, and support for market, limit, and stop orders. Unlike traditional exchanges, Avantis is oracle-based, ensuring users always trade at the most accurate market prices without internal price discovery. It introduces a novel concept of zero-fee perpetuals, where traders pay no fixed opening, closing, or borrowing fees unless they generate profits, marking a first in DeFi. With its institutional-grade infrastructure, advanced liquidation mechanisms, and governance through the $AVNT token, Avantis positions itself as DeFi's universal leverage layer, combining safety for LPs with powerful tools and incentives for traders and contributors.

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