Avantis

What Is Avantis? **Avantis** is a decentralized perpetuals exchange designed for high-leverage trading across crypto and real-world assets (RWAs), including FX, commodities, indices, and soon, equities. Backed by Pantera and Coinbase, Avantis is the largest DEX on Base by volumes, and brings institutional-grade products to DeFi, letting users trade with up to 500x leverage in a transparent, permissionless environment. Avantis is best known for launching **zero-fee perpetuals (ZFP)** — a first-of-its-kind primitive where traders only pay fees if they profit. This has driven explosive growth: over *$12B+ in cumulative volume** and **1.5M+ trades** since launch in February 2024. AVNT is Avantis' native utility token, and it powers: - Governance:** Vote on protocol upgrades, fee changes, and product expansion. - Staking & Security:** AVNT holders can stake tokens to backstop vault losses and earn protocol rewards, akin to L1 staking models. - Incentives:** Traders, LPs, and referrers earn AVNT rewards based on usage and participation. - Liquidity Bootstrapping: LPs can pair AVNT with ETH or USDC on DEXs like Aerodrome for yields and trading incentives. With support from major backers like **Pantera Capital**, **Founders Fund**, **Galaxy Digital**, and **Base Ecosystem Fund**, Avantis is building out a multi-product suite with ambitious milestones: on-chain equities, a native L2 (Avantis v2), composable yield vaults, and even on-chain prediction markets. How Many AVNT Tokens Are There in Circulation? The total supply of AVNT is capped at **1 billion tokens**. More info on tokenomics will be added soon. Who Are the Founders of Avantis? Avantis was founded by **Harsehaj Singh** and **Raymond Dong**, veterans of Pantera Capital, Lazard, McKinsey, and Bow Capital. The team brings together deep experience in DeFi, quant finance, and macro trading. Harsehaj, Avantis' CEO, previously led investments at Pantera. Raymond, the COO, combines hedge fund and consulting experience with crypto-native product leadership. The broader team includes engineers and designers across India, the U.S., and Europe, many of whom have previously built at Binance, Quantopian, and large fintech firms. The protocol is governed by the Avantis Foundation (Cayman). Where Can I Buy Avantis (AVNT)? AVNT will be tradable on major DEXs and CEXs soon. To trade, users can visit [https://avantisfi.com](https://avantisfi.com), connect their wallet, bridge to Base, and begin trading immediately with no KYC.