# Sushi > The ultimate multi-chain DEX + Aggregator that lets you SWAP ANYTHING. Sushi is a decentralized exchange protocol. It lets users swap tokens, provide liquidity, and trade perpetual futures across multiple blockchains, with an aggregator that routes swaps across liquidity sources. Sushi is a decentralized exchange protocol that lets users trade cryptocurrencies across multiple blockchains. It combines an automated market maker with an aggregator that routes swaps across liquidity sources to improve pricing. Sushi serves traders, liquidity providers, and token holders who take part in its governance. Trades execute against on-chain liquidity pools rather than order books, and liquidity providers deposit token pairs to earn a share of trading fees. The aggregator searches multiple exchanges and splits trades across them, and cross-chain swaps move value between blockchains in one transaction. Holders of the SUSHI governance token vote on protocol proposals and can stake it to earn a share of protocol fees. The flagship product, SushiSwap, covers token swaps, liquidity provision, limit orders, dollar-cost averaging, and cross-chain trading. Sushi also offers perpetual futures trading and a token launch tool on a selected network. Its users include traders, liquidity providers, and token holders across multiple blockchains. - Type: Protocol - Sector: DeFi - Status: Active - Founded: 2020-08-01 - Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/sushi ## Products - [SushiSwap](https://thegrid.id/profiles/sushi): SushiSwap is a multi-chain decentralized exchange that lets users swap tokens and provide liquidity through automated market maker pools. An aggregator routes each swap across multiple liquidity sources to improve pricing, and cross-chain swaps move value between blockchains in one transaction. Liquidity providers earn a share of trading fees, and users can place limit orders and automate recurring purchases with dollar-cost averaging. The platform also offers perpetual futures trading and a launch tool that deploys new tokens with a live market from the start. (Decentralised Exchange, Live, Main Product) ## Assets - [Sushi (SUSHI)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/sushi): SUSHI is the governance token of SushiSwap. It is used to vote on protocol proposals and can be staked in the SushiBar contract to receive xSUSHI, which entitles holders to a portion of protocol trading fees. Protocol fees from trades are used to buy back SUSHI on the open market, with purchased tokens distributed to the xSUSHI pool as a buyback mechanism that benefits stakers. (Governance) - [SushiBar (xSUSHI)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/sushi): xSUSHI is a liquid staking token representing staked SUSHI in the SushiBar contract. It is used to earn a share of protocol trading fees, which are used to buy back SUSHI and distribute it proportionally to xSUSHI holders. The token is yield-bearing, meaning its value increases over time as it accumulates trading fees, making each xSUSHI token more valuable compared to SUSHI. (Liquid Staking Tokens (LSTs)) ## Links - [Main](https://www.sushi.com) - [Documentation](https://docs.sushi.com) - [Blog](https://www.sushi.com/blog) - [Governance](https://snapshot.org) - [Forum](https://forum.sushi.com) - [Whitepaper](https://github.com/sushi-labs/market-making-whitepaper) - [Privacy policy](https://www.sushi.com/legal/privacy-policy) - [Terms of Service](https://www.sushi.com/legal/terms-of-service) - [Twitter / X](https://x.com/SushiSwap) - [GitHub](https://github.com/sushiswap) - [GitHub](https://github.com/sushi-labs) - [Discord](https://discord.gg/qGeREffeAH) ## Legal This data is provided under two licensing models. Model 1 - open data. 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