katana: the defi chain for deep liquidity & high yield.

katana puts users first: delivering higher real yields through concentrated liquidity, redistributed chain revenue, and productive bridged assets.

deposit to earn

mainnet is live - read the announcement blog

katana is committed to giving you more. deeper liquidity and higher yield.

core defi apps and assets concentrate liquidity to give you the best user experience
multiplied yield sources = sustainable, boosted yield

winner, winner, samurai dinner

your bags earn yield on ethereum when you bridge USDC, ETH, WBTC, or USDT to katana, creating a revenue stream that flows back to the network.

your katana assets go to work on day one, creating higher yield opportunities for everyone. you don’t even have to lift a finger

100% of net katana sequencer fees build baseline liquidity for more stable rates, deeper pools, and less slippage. this makes liquidity for any market, bull or bear.

apps bootstrap their offering by building on this baseline liquidity without relying on token emissions, growing faster than anywhere else.

death to idle assets. deep liquidity and high yield: a cycle where everyone wins.

read the announcement blog

mark gerhart, morpho labs

nick van eck, agora

jared grey, sushi

vaultbridge

for higher consistent yield. the vaultbridge redeploys certain bridged assets, like ETH, USDC, and more, into yield-bearing strategies on ethereum. revenue cycles back to katana for high consistent yield on specific DEX LPs and lending pools

chain-owned liquidity (CoL)

creates deep liquidity for core defi primitives. katana owns this core liquidity reserve, replenished via 100% of net sequencer fees and a cut of core app revenue. CoL reduces slippage, provides predictable borrowing rates, and acts as a shock absorber in volatile markets

core apps

katana is opinionated. CoL and vaultbridge yield flows to core apps – one per defi primitive – to concentrate liquidity and boost yield. these are defi leaders such as morpho and sushi. a cut of their revenue flows back to the network through CoL and targeted real yield incentives

AUSD

katana’s native stablecoin, backed by offchain US treasuries (and custodied by van eck). built by agora, AUSD brings offchain yield onchain, routed directly to katana. supports liquidity incentives across AUSD-denominated lending markets and DEX liquidity pools for diversified offchain yield incentives

vbTokens

users receive 1:1 wrapped vbTokens of certain bridged assets. behind the scenes, bags go to work in low-risk defi strategies on ethereum, generating real yield. on katana, vbTokens unlock boosted rewards when actively deployed in core applications. holding vbTokens passively does not accrue yield, they must be active