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savUSD on Movement

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Institutional-grade yield, on-chain and accessible. Everything you need to know about holding and using savUSD on Movement.

savUSD on Movement

  • Avant is a DeFi protocol that turns your stables into productive, yield-earning assets. You deposit USDC, and Avant puts them to work using market-neutral strategies managed by professional trading teams. Think of it like a high-yield savings account, but on-chain, transparent, and accessible to everyone.

    Avant has been battle-tested across Avalanche, Ethereum, Linea, Arbitrum, Berachain, and Plasma in some of the most stressful market conditions. Movement is the newest addition to the family.

  • Avant has a simple three-token structure for each asset type:

    avUSDThe base token

    Deposit USDC, get avUSD. Backed 1:1 by USDC. Think of it as your receipt.

    savUSDThe yield-earning version

    Stake your avUSD to get savUSD. It automatically earns yield over time. This is where the magic happens.

    avUSDxThe boosted version

    Higher yield, but it absorbs losses first if something goes wrong. Higher reward, higher risk.

    Avant also offers avBTC/savBTC/avBTCx and avETH/savETH/avETHx for Bitcoin and Ethereum, with the same three-token structure.

  • savUSD is launching on Movement. Movement users will be able to hold and use Avant's yield-bearing stablecoin directly on the Movement network.

    Once live, savUSD will be integrated into Movement's DeFi ecosystem — lending, borrowing, and liquidity pools. Your stablecoins earn yield just by holding savUSD, and then you can put them to work even further across Movement DeFi.

  • Buy on the open market

    The easiest way. Once savUSD is live on Movement, you can swap for it on Movement DEXes or pick it up on any supported chain where savUSD has liquidity. No minting, no staking, no bridging — just buy it and hold. You'll start earning yield immediately.

    Mint and stake through Avant

    Prefer to mint it yourself? Start from USDC and route through Avant's app. This gives you the full Avant experience and gives you avUSD along the way if you want it.

    1. Start with USDC. You'll need USDC on a supported chain. Avalanche is the native chain, but Ethereum and others work too.
    2. Mint avUSD. Head to <a href="https://app.avantprotocol.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">app.avantprotocol.com</a>, connect your wallet, and deposit USDC to mint avUSD.
    3. Stake to get savUSD. Stake your avUSD in the Avant app to receive savUSD — the yield-bearing version.
    4. Bridge to Movement. Use the Avant app's built-in bridging to move your savUSD to Movement.
    5. Use in Movement DeFi. Hold savUSD for passive yield, or deploy it in Movement's lending and liquidity protocols like <a href="https://app.moveposition.xyz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MovePosition</a>.

    The Avant app handles cross-chain routing for you — no manual bridging through separate tools. Just select Movement as your destination chain and the app takes care of the rest.

  • savUSD earns yield from Avant's market-neutral strategies. These are managed by professional trading teams and diversified across multiple protocols and chains to reduce risk.

    Yield is variable and depends on market conditions, but the key thing is it's real yield from actual trading strategies — not token emissions or points farming. You can check current performance anytime on Avant's Transparency Dashboard, which shows exactly how capital is deployed and performing.

  • Multi-layered protection

    • Reserve Fund. A dedicated pool of capital that acts as a financial backstop. If something goes wrong, the Reserve Fund absorbs losses before your savUSD is affected.
    • Tranche structure. savUSD sits in the Senior Tranche — the most protected capital in the protocol. The Junior Tranche (avUSDx), the Reserve Fund, and future governance backstops all have to be depleted before savUSD holders take any hit.
    • Diversification. Capital is spread across multiple strategies, protocols, and chains. No single point of failure.

    Operational security

    • Treasury separation. Strict separation between treasury control and day-to-day trading. Strategists can trade within whitelisted contracts; any external transfer requires multi-sig authorization.
    • 24/7 threat monitoring. Real-time monitoring through Hypernative, which flags exploits, economic attacks, and suspicious activity as they happen.

    Track record

    • Zero losses through major events. During the Resolv USR depeg, the Drift Protocol exploit ($200M+), and extreme volatility events, Avant had zero exposure and has not lost a single dollar of user funds. This is the result of active risk management, real-time monitoring, and deliberately avoiding concentrated risk.
    Audits: Avant has been audited by multiple top-tier security firms including Dedaub, Trail of Bits, Cyfrin, and Omniscia. On-chain monitoring is handled by Chainalysis and Hypernative.
    • Market-neutral strategies — Avant doesn't bet on prices going up or down. Strategies are designed to generate yield regardless of market direction, so returns stay more consistent through the swings.
    • Transparency — Everything is visible on the Transparency Dashboard. See where capital is deployed, how it's performing, and verify it all on-chain. No black boxes.
    • Professional management — Strategies are run by specialized trading teams, not automated bots with no oversight. Institutional-grade execution made accessible to everyone.
    • Protection layers — The tranche system means savUSD holders are structurally protected. The Reserve Fund, governance backstop, and the entire Junior Tranche all have to be wiped out before savUSD is affected.

  • Movement is building one of the most exciting ecosystems, and savUSD is a natural fit for the growing DeFi stack:

    • Real yield for the ecosystem — savUSD brings sustainable, strategy-backed yield to Movement. Not points farming that dries up after a season. Productive capital that keeps earning.
    • DeFi building block — savUSD can be used as collateral, paired in liquidity pools, and integrated across Movement DeFi. It makes the whole ecosystem more capital-efficient.
    • Trusted infrastructure — Avant's security stack (multi-sig controls, real-time monitoring, reserve fund, multiple audits) brings institutional-grade confidence to Movement DeFi.

  • Yes — that's the whole point. Once savUSD is live on Movement, it'll be integrated into the ecosystem's lending and liquidity protocols. You can:

    • Hold it — savUSD earns yield passively just by sitting in your wallet.
    • Lend it — Supply savUSD as collateral or lend it out on MovePosition for additional yield.
    • Provide liquidity — Pair savUSD in LP pools on Movement DEXes like Meridian.
    • Loop it — Advanced users can lend savUSD, borrow against it, and compound their yield exposure.

    You're essentially stacking yield: Avant's base yield from strategies + whatever DeFi yield you earn on Movement.

  • USDC holds its $1 value but doesn't earn you anything. savUSD is a yield-bearing stablecoin — while USDC sits idle, savUSD is continuously earning yield from Avant's strategies.

    Think of it this way: USDC is cash in a checking account. savUSD is cash in a high-yield savings account that you can also use across DeFi.

  • Yes — like any chain, you'll need a small amount of MOVE (Movement's native gas token) to pay for transaction fees. The amount is minimal. You can get MOVE through Movement's native bridge or from supported exchanges.

  • The Avant app shows your portfolio, current yield rates, and historical performance. The Transparency Dashboard gives a full breakdown of how all capital is deployed across strategies.

    savUSD is a value-accruing token — its value relative to avUSD increases over time as yield accumulates. You don't need to claim rewards; it happens automatically.