Avant USD (avUSD) stablecoin analytics
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What is Avant USD (avUSD)?
avUSD is Avant's USDC-denominated base dollar, redeemable through the issuer and backed by a dynamically managed leveraged market-neutral portfolio. The static profile records its US Dollar peg mechanism as: 1:1 redemption for USDC via Avant Protocol with a 0.05% redemption fee and 1 to 7 day settlement window; avUSD itself receives no yield, while staking into the separate savUSD token is the yield-bearing route
Is avUSD safe?
avUSD holds a C Safety Score grade (59/100) in Pharos's latest published rating — a middle-tier grade that meets baseline expectations but carries meaningful weaknesses, so Pharos does not consider it clearly safe. Static metadata says Avant USD uses a Centralized (CeFi) governance model and Crypto-Collateralized backing, with live reserve feed configured; the main caveat is that issuer or admin freeze controls are recorded. Treat the live peg, liquidity, reserve, dependency, and Safety Score sections below as the current risk read.
Static Profile
Static stablecoin profile
Avant USD (avUSD) static profile: governance model Centralized (CeFi); backing model Crypto-Collateralized; peg US Dollar.
AI summary / Updated Sep 7, 2026
avUSD is Avant's centralized dollar stablecoin, redeemable 1:1 for USDC and deployed into actively managed market-neutral strategies for yield: avUSD itself does not accrue yield, the staked savUSD does. USDC is the mint and redemption rail rather than the reserve itself: deposited capital is routed into a leveraged market-neutral book spanning basis trades, lending arbitrage, and private liquidity deals, with the avUSDx junior tranche and a separate reserve fund absorbing strategy losses first, which is why...
AI summary · drafted by claude-fable-5-1 · facts as of Sep 7, 2026
- Collateral
- A dynamic leveraged market-neutral portfolio spanning basis trades, lending-rate arbitrage, yield trading, lending markets, liquidity provisioning, and private liquidity deals. USDC is the mint/redemption asset, not the complete currently held reserve; the avUSDx junior tranche and separate reserve fund absorb strategy losses ahead of savUSD.
- Peg Mechanism
- 1:1 redemption for USDC via Avant Protocol with a 0.05% redemption fee and 1 to 7 day settlement window; avUSD itself receives no yield, while staking into the separate savUSD token is the yield-bearing route
- Jurisdiction
- British Virgin Islands
- Proof Of Reserves
- No proof-of-reserves entry in the static profile.
Next Actions
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Source: checked-in StablecoinMeta profile fields. Live price, supply, reserve, liquidity, event, and safety data load in the interactive dossier below; the summary above was last updated Sep 7, 2026.
avUSD quick answers
What is Avant USD (avUSD)?
avUSD is Avant's USDC-denominated base dollar, redeemable through the issuer and backed by a dynamically managed leveraged market-neutral portfolio. The static profile records its US Dollar peg mechanism as: 1:1 redemption for USDC via Avant Protocol with a 0.05% redemption fee and 1 to 7 day settlement window; avUSD itself receives no yield, while staking into the separate savUSD token is the yield-bearing route
Is avUSD safe?
avUSD holds a C Safety Score grade (59/100) in Pharos's latest published rating — a middle-tier grade that meets baseline expectations but carries meaningful weaknesses, so Pharos does not consider it clearly safe. Static metadata says Avant USD uses a Centralized (CeFi) governance model and Crypto-Collateralized backing, with live reserve feed configured; the main caveat is that issuer or admin freeze controls are recorded. Treat the live peg, liquidity, reserve, dependency, and Safety Score sections below as the current risk read.
What backs avUSD?
Pharos classifies avUSD backing as Crypto-Collateralized. Collateral, per the static profile: A dynamic leveraged market-neutral portfolio spanning basis trades, lending-rate arbitrage, yield trading, lending markets, liquidity provisioning, and private liquidity deals. USDC is the mint/redemption asset, not the complete currently... Reserve evidence: live reserve feed configured.
Can avUSD be frozen or blacklisted?
Based on tracked contract metadata and blacklist coverage, issuer or admin freeze controls are recorded. Live freeze and blacklist events for avUSD, when applicable, appear in the dossier below.
