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|5 min ReadAvantis (AVNT) hits top exchanges: what you need to know
Maya Chen
Senior Analyst
Published
Jan 16, 2026
AVNT just stepped onto Upbit, Bithumb, and Binance. It first appeared days earlier on Binance Alpha, Coinbase, Bitget, and Bybit. The token nearly doubled within twenty-four hours. The signal is clear. Liquidity is arriving.
Avantis is a decentralized derivatives protocol on Base. It focuses on perpetuals across crypto, FX, commodities like gold and oil, and major U.S. equity indices. Max leverage reaches 500x. Since mainnet in February 2024, cumulative volume has passed
60 billion. More than 41,000 traders have used the venue. Over 25,000 wallets have provided liquidity. Open interest is near
7.4 million.Twenty-four hour turnover is around
16.75 million. Junior Tranche TVL is about
6.14 million. The design aims to build a “universal leverage layer” that lowers trading costs and protects LPs by hedging crowded positioning.How it works: zero-fee perps and split-risk vaults
Two ideas drive the engine. Zero-Fee Perps and Loss Rebates. Active traders cut costs. Liquidity providers get downside buffering. The protocol promises LP returns trend positive over time as positions are hedged against the crowd.
Risk splits between vaults. The Junior vault absorbs up to 65 percent of losses and earns 65 percent of fees. The Senior vault absorbs up to 35 percent and earns 35 percent. Lockups run 180 days. Each vault targets around 20 percent APR. Extra XP rewards push longer participation.
The team calls this a leverage layer, not just another perps app. It supports synthetic exposure for many feeds, from BTC to Brent to equity indices. The intent is simple. Keep taker costs low. Keep maker returns steady. Grow capacity without breaking spreads.
Team, capital, token design, and the road ahead
Avantis is built by Lumena Labs. CEO and co-founder Harsehaj Singh invested in consumer infra and DeFi at Pantera Capital and graduated from UC Berkeley Haas. CTO and co-founder Brank D is a full-stack builder who has run trading systems at scale. Team members previously worked at McKinsey, Lazard, and Barclays. Their focus is leverage products, risk infrastructure, and real-world asset rails.
Funding came in two steps. A
8 million Series A in June 2025 led by Pantera and Founders Fund with Symbolic Capital and SALT Fund. The $12 million bankroll targets tech upgrades, new asset categories like stocks and sports markets, an EVM-compatible chain for speed, and ecosystem growth.AVNT has a 1 billion max supply. The design is community-first at 50.1 percent. Of that, 12.5 percent goes to the first airdrop for users active since February 2024. Another 28.6 percent funds on-chain incentives via XP seasons for LPs, traders, and referrers. Nine percent supports builders and grants for new front ends and apps on the SDK. Team and advisors receive 13.3 percent with a 12-month lock and 30-month linear vest. Investors receive 26.61 percent on the same schedule. The foundation holds 4 percent for strategy and 6 percent for liquidity reserves and market-making.
Flowdesk supports liquidity as a core market maker. The firm is regulated by France’s AMF, runs on Google Cloud, and serves CEX, DEX, and RWA venues. In March 2025 it raised
52 million in hybrid equity and debt.There are limits today. Base block times can add delay to opens and closes. Orders can fail on occasion. Zero-Fee Perps include profit caps that will lift as LP scale grows. Take-profit and stop-loss lack percentage presets. Mobile still needs work. The roadmap answers with an SDK for builders and partners like Bankr, Keyrock, Pyth, and Nitrate. Avantis v2 is slated for the coming months. Targets include a 10x jump in capital efficiency, advanced trading tools, cross-margin for real-world markets, and a dedicated EVM-compatible chain for fast, gas-free execution.
The takeaway is direct. Listings put AVNT in front of the crowd. Delivery decides if Avantis becomes Base’s leverage layer. Watch volumes, vault yield, and v2 ship dates. That is the scorecard.
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