# AVNU > The trading engine of Starknet AVNU is a DEX aggregator and trading platform on Starknet. It routes token swaps across Starknet liquidity sources and adds recurring buys, native staking and gas payment tools for traders and developers. AVNU is a decentralized trading protocol on Starknet built around a DEX aggregator. It finds swap routes across the network's AMMs, order books and market makers, and pairs them with recurring buys, native staking and gas payment tools. The protocol serves both traders using its app and developers building wallets and applications on Starknet. Solver algorithms split each trade across many possible routes, weighing price impact, gas cost and slippage to raise the amount a trader receives. A paymaster lets users pay network fees in tokens such as stablecoins, or lets applications sponsor those fees entirely. Private swaps run through Starknet's privacy pool, so balances and trade amounts stay shielded. AVNU Spot is the flagship swap product, alongside AVNU DCA for scheduled purchases and AVNU Staking for delegating STRK and Bitcoin-based tokens to the validator AVNU runs. Developers reach the same services through an SDK, a REST API and market data endpoints, and the AVNU Paymaster serves applications that cover fees for their users. It is used by traders, wallets, decentralized applications and protocols across the Starknet ecosystem. - Type: Protocol - Sector: DeFi - Status: Active - Founded: 2022-01-01 - Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/avnu ## Products - [AVNU Spot](https://thegrid.id/profiles/avnu): AVNU Spot is a DEX aggregator on Starknet that routes token swaps across AMMs, order books and market makers. Competing solver algorithms split each trade across many routes, balancing price impact, gas cost and slippage to raise the amount received. Traders use it through the AVNU app, while wallets and applications integrate the same routing through an API and SDK. The app also offers private swaps from a shielded balance in Starknet's privacy pool and a bridge tab for moving assets in from other networks. (DEX Aggregator, Live, Main Product) - [AVNU Paymaster](https://thegrid.id/profiles/avnu): AVNU Paymaster is a developer tool for gas abstraction on Starknet. In gasless mode, users pay network fees in supported tokens such as stablecoins instead of holding STRK. In gasfree mode, applications sponsor all fees through an API key from the AVNU Portal, so their users transact at no cost. The paymaster also relays private transactions from Starknet's privacy pool, paying the gas so a shielded balance is never linked to a public account. (Developer Tooling, Live) - [AVNU Staking](https://thegrid.id/profiles/avnu): AVNU Staking is a native staking service on Starknet that lets users delegate STRK and Bitcoin-based tokens to the validator AVNU operates. Stake goes directly into the Starknet staking protocol through AVNU's delegation pools, so users keep custody and avoid extra smart contract layers. Users can claim or restake rewards and withdraw after an unbonding period, and applications can offer the same staking through the AVNU SDK. (Staking & Validation Services, Live) - [AVNU DCA](https://thegrid.id/profiles/avnu): AVNU DCA is a trading bot on Starknet that automates recurring token purchases, listed as Recurring Buy in the AVNU app. Each order is a dedicated smart contract owned by the user that buys a chosen token at a set interval, with sell tokens staying in the user's wallet until each trade. AVNU covers the gas for every execution and routes each purchase through its swap solvers, skipping trades that fall outside optional price limits. (Trading Bot, Live) - [StarkPulse](https://thegrid.id/profiles/avnu): StarkPulse is a Starknet monitoring bot on Telegram that tracks wallet activity and new market events. Users subscribe to alerts in the bot and receive notifications when tracked wallets transact or when new tokens and liquidity pools are created on Starknet. The bot also surfaces pool yield data, giving traders a quick view of new opportunities without watching block explorers. (Data Terminal, Live) - [AVNU Markets](https://thegrid.id/profiles/avnu): AVNU Markets is a pricing and market data service for tokens on Starknet. It derives prices, trading volume and total value locked from the state of every supported liquidity pool, updating them every minute and combining Starknet prices with an external ETH/USD rate. Developers query the data through the Impulse API and the AVNU SDK, and traders view it on the market page of the AVNU app. (Pricing Data API, Live) ## Links - [Main](https://avnu.fi) - [Documentation](https://docs.avnu.fi) - [Blog](https://blog.avnu.fi) - [Privacy policy](https://docs.avnu.fi/resources/privacy-policy) - [Terms of Service](https://docs.avnu.fi/resources/terms-of-service) - [Media Kit/branding](https://docs.avnu.fi/resources/brand-kit) - [Twitter / X](https://x.com/avnu_fi) - [Discord](https://discord.gg/avnu-fi) - [Telegram](https://t.me/avnu_fi) - [GitHub](https://github.com/avnu-labs) - [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/avnu-fi) - [Medium](https://medium.com/@avnu-fi) ## Legal This data is provided under two licensing models. Model 1 - open data. The open data core is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) — a copyleft/share-alike license allowing free use, modification, and sharing for any purpose. 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