Katana
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What is Katana?
Network role
Katana’s initial token allocation contains ten billion KAT. The project announced its token framework in May 2025. Its distribution did not include a venture-capital presale. KAT is a transferable ERC-20 asset. Ethereum remains the network’s gas currency. Holding unstaked KAT does not by itself provide voting power. Token votes concern liquidity incentives rather than chain upgrades or bridge administration.
Three forms of participation
Depositing KAT into VotingEscrow creates vKAT. Current documentation represents vKAT as a nontransferable ERC-721 position. Each deposited token contributes corresponding voting weight. Holders direct incentives through gauge voting. Applicable rewards require a separate claim. Exiting direct staking involves a sixty-day cooldown. avKAT offers an alternative ERC-4626 vault structure. The vault manages a combined vKAT position and automates voting. It also compounds rewards under its strategy. avKAT shares are transferable, while underlying unstaking still follows the voting-position rules. A secondary-market sale therefore differs from completing the protocol’s cooldown.
Where to trade KAT
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KAT funding rates
Live perpetual funding on every connected exchange. Positive = longs pay shorts.
Contracts & chains
Exact contract or mint per network — the identity layer used for DEX routing.
On-chain routes
Networks with a connected DEX routing adapter.