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avUSD profile facts
Avant USD (avUSD) static profile: governance model Centralized (CeFi); backing model Crypto-Collateralized; peg US Dollar.
- 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; redemptions can take up to 7 days depending on market liquidity and other conditions, with the current fee displayed before confirmation. avUSD receives no yield; staking into savUSD is the yield-bearing route
- Jurisdiction
- British Virgin Islands
- Proof of reserves
- No proof-of-reserves entry in the static profile.
Source: Pharos registry profile fields. Live price, supply, reserve, liquidity, event, and safety data load in the interactive dossier on this page.
avUSD quick answers
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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; redemptions can take up to 7 days depending on market liquidity and other conditions, with the current fee displayed before confirmation. avUSD receives no yield; staking into savUSD is the yield-bearing route.
Is avUSD safe?
As of Oct 24, 2026, Pharos grades avUSD C (55/100) on its Safety Score. Pharos's reviews record that freeze exposure is inherited through upstream collateral, custody or wrappers, and any holder can use its reviewed redemption route. That is a middle-band grade: it meets baseline expectations but carries meaningful weaknesses. The grade moves as reserve, redemption, peg and control evidence changes; the live Safety Score on this page shows the current reading.
What backs avUSD?
Pharos records avUSD's reserves in its review of Oct 1, 2026 as 100% Unresolved whole-token reserve composition. Reserve evidence: live reserve feed configured. Pharos classifies the backing as Crypto-Collateralized.
Can avUSD be frozen or blacklisted?
Based on tracked contract metadata and blacklist coverage, freeze exposure is inherited through upstream collateral, custody, or wrapper dependencies.
How do you redeem avUSD?
Under the route Pharos reviewed on Mar 23, 2026, any holder can redeem avUSD for USDC. Settlement takes multiple days. The fee is variable or not fully published. Whether a given holder qualifies is set by the route's own terms, not by this summary.
