The startup operates a token derivatives engine that provides perpetual synthetic options, enhancing portfolio performance tracking through features like liquidity and cross-margins. This technology enables clients to manage volatility and mitigate risks associated with token investments.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Liquidity providers (LPs) in decentralized finance (DeFi) face challenges such as impermanent loss and the need for sophisticated risk management tools. Existing automated market makers (AMMs) often lack features for customizing risk exposure and maximizing capital efficiency.
Solution
Itos provides a suite of DeFi protocols built on a core derivation engine that enables the creation of customized payoff structures and advanced portfolio management tools. Its flagship product, the 2sAMM, allows LPs to customize impermanent loss risk, add leverage, and enhance safety. The platform also offers features like universal cross-margining, portfolio silo-ing, and performance tracking to optimize investment strategies. By deriving payoffs on-chain, Itos aims to provide a secure and efficient environment for advanced DeFi users to manage risk and maximize returns.
Target Audience
Itos targets advanced DeFi users, including liquidity providers, traders, and investors who are comfortable with concepts like liquidity provisioning, borrowing-lending, and perpetuals, and are seeking sophisticated tools for risk management and yield optimization.
Features
- 2sAMM: A novel AMM allowing users to customize impermanent loss risk and add leverage.
- Liquidation-Free Money Market: Enables permissionless deposit and borrowing of any token with liquidation protection.
- Wumbology: Ultra-short term leverage for betting on volatility.
- Universal Cross-Margining: Borrow against any Itos asset and vetted assets from other protocols.
- Portfolio Silo-ing: Segregation of strategies for enhanced risk management.
- Integrated Portfolio Tooling: Performance tracking and P&L reporting.
- On-chain derivation engine: Capable of creating any payoff structure.