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02 — getting started
Five moves on Avalanche, in order. Each one builds on the last.
Buy AVAX with a card or transfer from an exchange. Already on another chain? Bridge in — under $0.10, under 30 seconds.
Deposit AVAX on BenQi. Get sAVAX. Your stake earns yield while you do everything else.
Swap into the tokens you want on Pharaoh. Fast fills, tight spreads.
Lend sAVAX on BenQi Markets. Borrow USDC against it. Put idle capital to work without selling.
Browse Arena. Fund a creator. Find the next project.
Five moves. You're active across Avalanche.
03 — pick one
You don't need all five. Pick a destination and go.
Earn yield while you figure out the rest. One transaction, ongoing rewards.
STAKE NOW →04 — where to go
| Largest liquid staking protocol on Avalanche
Stake your AVAX and receive sAVAX — a liquid token that earns staking rewards while you hold it. Your AVAX stays productive. You stay flexible. Use sAVAX across DeFi, lend it for extra yield, or borrow against it without selling.
If you're new to Avalanche, this is where most people start.
▸ LEARN MOREBenQi is the largest liquid staking and lending protocol on Avalanche. When you stake AVAX, you receive sAVAX — a liquid staking token that appreciates in value as staking rewards accrue. You can hold sAVAX, use it as collateral on BenQi Markets, or deploy it across other DeFi protocols on Avalanche. No lockups. No minimum.
| Deepest liquidity and best trade routing on Avalanche
Swap tokens directly from your wallet. No account, no KYC, no intermediary. Pharaoh optimizes your trade routing, finds the best price, and executes. You pick the pair. Pharaoh handles the rest.
Start with a simple swap. Once you're comfortable, you can provide liquidity, vote on pool incentives, and earn fees. One DEX, multiple ways to participate.
If you're new to Avalanche, this is where most people start.
▸ LEARN MOREPharaoh is a concentrated liquidity DEX with ve(3,3) tokenomics. It aggregates liquidity across multiple pools to find the best execution for every trade. Advanced users can provide concentrated liquidity to specific price ranges, vote on pool incentives with vePHAR, and earn trading fees plus emissions. The protocol consistently handles over $1.5B in monthly volume.
| Only launch platform on Avalanche with fiat onboarding
Launch a token. Fund a creator. Discover new projects before they hit the timeline. Arena is the social and speculative layer of Avalanche — two clicks to participate, and you can fund with a credit card.
This is where the new stuff happens first.
▸ LEARN MOREArena is a social token launch platform where creators and projects can launch tokens directly to their audience. Users can participate with a credit card — no wallet setup required. Over 200K users have joined, and the platform has paid out more than $6M to creators. Browse active launches, fund projects early, and discover what's next on Avalanche.
05 — context
Avalanche settles transactions in under two seconds for less than two cents. Over 1.7 million active addresses use it. The hard part isn't the network. The hard part is knowing where to go.
Atlas[t] picks the best protocols on Avalanche, organizes them by what you can do, and gives you a starting point. Three destinations today. More as the guide grows. A guide, not a directory.
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06 — ecosystem
The ecosystem runs deeper. A few more names to have on your radar:
Blaze — Liquid staking / DeFi infrastructure on Avalanche
Salvor — NFT lending / liquidity protocol on Avalanche
New destinations are added as the guide grows. Follow along.
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07 — for projects
Atlas[t] puts Avalanche protocols in front of users who are actively looking for their next move. Featured projects get guided traffic, educational content, and a permanent spot in the guide. New destinations are added as the guide grows. If you're shipping a live product on Avalanche, apply for a featured slot.
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