## What Is Vai (VAI)?

Vai is a decentralized stablecoin built on the Venus Protocol that runs on the Binance Smart Chain.

Venus Protocol, launched in 2019, is governed by the XVS token. The latter was designed to be a fair launch cryptocurrency with no preliminary allocation to the project’s founders or its team. It can be earned through Binance Launchpool by providing liquidity to the protocol.

Vai, powered by the Venus Protocol, claims to be the first decentralized stablecoin on the Binance Smart Chain that is backed by a basket of stablecoins and other crypto assets without centralized control. Being powered by Binance Smart Chain allows Vai to offer its users a high-speed, low-fee money market.


### Who Are the Founders of Vai?

XVS is distributed via a fair-launch mechanism with no founder and team allocations. It is backed by a well-funded organization Swipe, a Binance portfolio company. Swipe was founded by Joselito Lizarondo, who is also the company’s current CEO.


#### What Makes Vai Unique?

The Venus protocol is governed by its native token XVS which can be mined by liquidity suppliers, protocol borrowers and stablecoin miners. 

The protocol itself introduces an easy-to-use crypto-asset lending and borrowing solution to the decentralized finance ([DeFi](https://coinmarketcap.com/defi/)) ecosystem. It enables users to directly borrow against collateral at higher speed and lower transaction fees. Venus also allows users to mint the VAI stablecoin on demand by depositing at least 200% collateral onto the Venus smart contract.

The people who source liquidity through the Venus Protocol do not have to pass credit checks and can take out a loan by interacting with the Venus decentralized application ([DApp](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/decentralized-applications-dapps)). Due to the fact that it is not governed by a central authority, Venus users are not subjected to arbitrary restrictions and can always source desired liquidity by posting sufficient collateral.

The loans are then provided from a pool that is contributed by the Venus users, who can, in turn, receive an annual percentage yield (APY) for their contributions. The Venus Protocol also utilizes price feed oracles that provide accurate pricing data.


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#### How Many Vai (VAI) Coins Are There in Circulation?

Vai (VAI) has a circulating supply of 160,567,211 tokens and a total supply of 160,704,318 as of March 2021.


### How Is the Vai Network Secured?

The Vai network is fully secured by the Binance Smart Chain. It is compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine ([EVM](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/ethereum-virtual-machine-evm)) and can run even if the Binance Chain itself goes offline. Binance Smart Chain makes use of the proof-of-staked authority (POSA) consensus mechanism.


### Where Can You Buy Vai (VAI)?

Vai (VAI) can be traded on the following exchanges:



*   [Binance](https://coinmarketcap.com/exchanges/binance/)
*   [Venus](https://coinmarketcap.com/exchanges/venus/)
*   [PancakeSwap](https://coinmarketcap.com/exchanges/pancakeswap/)

Read CoinMarketCap’s dedicated guide on how to [buy Bitcoin](https://coinmarketcap.com/how-to-buy-bitcoin/) if you want to learn more.


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Venus is an algorithmic money market and synthetic stablecoin protocol launched exclusively on Binance Smart Chain (BSC).

The protocol introduces a simple-to-use crypto asset lending and borrowing solution to the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem, enabling users to directly borrow against collateral at high speed while losing less to transaction fees. In addition, Venus allows users to mint VAI stablecoins on-demand within seconds by posting at least 200% collateral to the Venus smart contract.

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The governance of the protocol is entirely controlled by XVS community members, since the Venus founders, team members and other advisors do have any XVS token allocations.

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The platform offers solutions for cross-platform asset transactions, cross-chain communications, crypto-asset-backed stablecoin insurance, token board insurance, and on-chain payments. The Force Protocol project is a decentralized protocol layer that is developed and managed by the Force Protocol Foundation Ltd.

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There were some issues with the peg in the original mechanism, but through a series of governance upgrades the protocol recovered in the months following launch.

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Users who are passively holding Ether or wBTC can deposit their assets on C.R.E.A.M. to earn yield, similar to a traditional savings account. For more information visit https://app.cream.finance/.

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The project (which stands for Crypto Runs Everything Around Me) was launched unexpectedly on the Ethereum network on Aug. 3, 2020 through the YOLO liquidity pool. In September 2020 it went live on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC).

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Stella strives to become the go-to destination for DeFi users to access maximum yield potential. Whatever on-chain strategies that users want to use on leverage (and safe enough to be supported), then Stella will support at 0% cost to borrow.

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With Ampleforth, token holders own a fixed fraction of the total AMPL circulating supply, rather than a fixed number of tokens. When the protocol detects that the price of AMPL is too high, it increases the circulating supply, whereas the supply is decreased if the price is too low.

This change is propagated to all Ampleforth wallets, which have their wallet balance adjusted proportionally. Irrespective of this change, AMPL holders will still retain the same percentage of the token supply.

This automatic supply adjustment process is known as a “rebase” and occurs once each day, with a positive rebase if the price goes above $1.06, and a negative rebase if it is below $0.96. The overall goal of the system is to create incentives that drive the market price of AMPL back to ~$1.