Introduction to AQTIS

A deep dive into the AQTIS world.

Welcome to the AQTIS GitBook. This is your go-to resource for finding out about what AQTIS is, how it works, and how we’re reshaping the worlds of DeFi, AI, and quantitative trading.

In the following pages, we’ll share all the different aspects of what makes AQTIS special, from the technology we use, to how we deploy our quant technology, and ultimately, how we're reimagining DeFi.

This space will be updated and improved continuously as our mission evolves so do check in frequently for updates in our Telegram group.

Who is behind AQTIS?

We’re a team of investors, financial experts, technologists, and Web3 natives based in Amsterdam. We have more than 70 years of combined experience in data science, quant trading, investing, entrepreneurship, marketing, coaching, and tech development.

Why did you build AQTIS?

We’ve watched firsthand how many DeFi projects started out with huge promise, but through a combination of poor tokenomics, greed, or outright fraud, have fallen by the wayside. We felt our collective experience building quant strategies for institutional investors, our years in the crypto space, and our technical expertise, we could build something better for everyone.

One of the main questions we kept coming back to was: why do only the world’s wealthiest people get access to the best financial tools? So we set about bringing the same tools found in the world’s foremost hedge funds to the world of DeFi and our community.

What’s the overall vision of AQTIS?

We have an ambitious goal of creating a vibrant ecosystem built on top of our revolutionary AI-backed quant technology. In phase one of our launch, we created a series of Liquid Staking Tokens, or LSTs. These are yield-bearing tokens that generate yield. But that’s just the beginning.

Our roadmap will see AQTIS become one of the most sophisticated DeFi protocols.

What makes AQTIS different?

Several distinct qualities make AQTIS LSTs stand out from other LSTs on the market.

• Diversified source of yield - while the majority of LSTs rely on validator rewards to create yield, AQTIS uses a diversified investing strategy powered by quant tech. This helps safeguard the yield against validators acting in bad faith and also diversifies the source of yield, so it’s not reliant on one single chain.

• Higher performance - The investment strategies developed by our quant team have created a more competitive yield than validator-based LSTs.

• Better Utilisation - AQTIS is built for efficiency and sustainability, not size. While rival platforms may have captured huge volumes, their utilization of that volume is low. AQTIS however, has developed its LSTs to require lower TVL, but better use of the assets to increase performance.

• Customizable yield - one LST does not fit all. This is why we have developed three distinct LSTs with different features, to help you find the yield and reward mechanism that works for you.

• Private yield - AQTIS has developed the capability to deliver yield to holders privately. By utilizing the Oasis Network, and its breakthroughs in privacy technology, your yield can be delivered to you, securely and privately. Please note: this feature will be released after launch has been successful.

• Yield whenever, wherever - AQTIS yield LSTs are designed to be delivered to your wallet, automatically. No more manual withdrawals. Simply set the cadence for yield deposits, and the AQTIS app will do the rest.

• Downside Protection - We have built our LSTs with protection in mind. While other LSTs provide no such assurances for the yield, we’ve gone the extra mile. Our LSTs have a number of unique features that allow the yield to remain consistent.

What are LSTs?

At the core of AQTIS are our LSTs, or liquid staking tokens. LSTs are at their simplest, tokens that represent tokens committed to a protocol.

They are generally tokenized IOUs that are issued for staking ETH through a liquid staking platform. So when you stake ETH through a liquid staking provider, you deposit some amount of ETH on the platform and in exchange receive special tokens that match the value of your deposit.

AQTIS has built its LSTs differently. We are not a derivative or an IOU. AQTIS LSTs have a value of their own that users buy and own. Instead, these LSTs provide special access to the AQTIS protocol: the gateway to our quant technology.

In summary

AQTIS is a next-generation DeFi company built on top of our own AI-powered quantitative technology.

We are building several unique LSTs that allow token holders to pick the yield that suits them.

We’re a team of investors, financial experts, technologists, and Web3 natives based in Amsterdam. We have more than 70 years of combined experience in data science, quant trading, investing, entrepreneurship, marketing, coaching, and tech development.