What Levinswap does

Levinswap is a decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol operating as an Automated Market Maker (AMM) on the xDai chain, structured as a fork of Uniswap V2 and developed and maintained by LightningDAO. Its core product is the Levinswap Exchange at app.levinswap.org, which enables permissionless token swaps charging a 0.30% fee per trade — 0.25% distributed to liquidity providers and 0.05% routed to LEVIN token holders via the LevinBar staking mechanism. Differentiated modules include the Yield Farming interface (launched March 26, 2021) at farm.levinswap.org, LevinBar staking at stake.levinswap.org, and an analytics dashboard at info.levinswap.org. The company's central differentiator is a strategic partnership with RealT, making Levinswap the first DEX to enable trading of tokenized U.S. real estate securities.

The protocol serves DeFi users on the xDai chain — primarily tokenized real estate investors, liquidity providers, and general xDai swap users — with execution priced at roughly $0.0004 per transaction and 2–3 second confirmation times. Supporting infrastructure includes the xDai Bridge (DAI conversion, $10M daily limit), Omnibridge (ERC20 bridging), xDai Ramp (Ramp Network fiat on-ramp across 170+ countries), and an xDai faucet (0.01 xDai for testing). LEVIN serves as the LightningDAO governance token with a 5 million hard-cap supply (80% community / 20% project), with treasury control via a Gnosis 3-of-4 multisig in which Levinswap team and RealT each hold two keys.

Levinswap generates revenue only at the protocol level via the 0.05% swap-fee share; the remainder flows to LPs. The firm is privately held with 1–10 employees based in New York, has no disclosed institutional funding rounds, and is operated as a sub-project under parent LightningDAO. Distribution is fully self-serve via web applications and community channels (Discord, Telegram, Reddit, Medium, Wiki) with no traditional sales motion. The corporate marketing domain (levinswap.org) currently surfaces unrelated SEO/spam content rather than protocol updates, which is a material caveat on operational status.

Name

Levinswap

Website

https://levinswap.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Levinswap is a permissionless AMM decentralized exchange on the xDai chain, forked from Uniswap V2, that enables token swaps, liquidity provision, yield farming, and staking for global DeFi users, differentiated by first-mover support for RealT tokenized real estate securities. The protocol is developed and governed under parent LightningDAO via the LEVIN governance token.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Trading Fees: Users pay 0.30% fee for each token swap. Fee is split: 0.25% goes to liquidity providers proportional to their contribution, and 0.05% goes to LEVIN holders through LevinBar staking mechanism. Fees are immediately deposited into liquidity reserves, increasing the value of liquidity tokens.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Levinswap is a decentralized Automated Market Maker (AMM) exchange deployed on the xDai chain, operated by the LightningDAO. It enables peer-to-peer token swaps with a 0.30% fee (0.25% to liquidity providers, 0.05% to LEVIN holders), supports trading of tokenized real estate securities via its RealT partnership, and offers yield farming and LEVIN token staking through LevinBar.

Product overview

Levinswap is a decentralized AMM DEX protocol built on the xDai chain by LightningDAO. Its core product is the Levinswap Exchange for token swaps with 0.30% trading fees, which differentiates through support for tokenized real estate tokens (RealT). The platform operates through interconnected modules: Liquidity Pools for fee-earning LP positions, Yield Farming for LEVIN token rewards via farm.levinswap.org, LevinBar Staking for protocol fee distribution through xLEVIN tokens, and the LEVIN governance token for LightningDAO ecosystem unity. Supporting infrastructure includes xDai Bridge for DAI conversion, Omnibridge for ERC20 token bridging, xDai Ramp for fiat on-ramps, xDai Faucet for free test tokens, and Levinswap Analytics for protocol analytics. The protocol emphasizes low transaction costs ($0.0004 avg) and fast confirmation (2-3 seconds) on xDai compared to Ethereum mainnet.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Levinswap Exchange Core AMM DEX interface on the xDai chain enabling token swaps with a 0.30% fee (0.25% to liquidity providers, 0.05% to LEVIN holders) and trading of tokenized real estate tokens through the RealT partnership.
• Liquidity Pools AMM liquidity pools where users deposit equal parts of two tokens and earn proportional trading fees plus optional farming rewards; LP tokens represent the user's share of the pool.
• Yield Farming Farm interface allowing liquidity providers to stake LP tokens and earn additional LEVIN rewards distributed per block across supported farming pairs.
• LevinBar (Staking) Staking mechanism for LEVIN holders; users stake LEVIN to receive xLEVIN tokens and earn a proportional share of the 0.05% protocol fee converted to LEVIN via the LevinMaker contract.
• LEVIN Token Governance token for the LightningDAO ecosystem with a maximum supply of 5,000,000 tokens; used for LightningDAO governance and as the staking asset for LevinBar.
• Levinswap Analytics Analytics dashboard for viewing pool statistics, token data, and protocol metrics on the Levinswap protocol.

Quantifiable outcome

• Transaction time reduced to 2-3 seconds compared to 20+ seconds on Ethereum
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• RealTcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with RealT, a tokenized real estate investment platform. Levinswap enables users to freely trade, provide liquidity, and farm with RealT tokens. This partnership provides access to securities token trading capabilities, specifically for tokenized real estate assets. Levinswap is the first DEX enabling RealT token trading.
• LightningDAOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLightningDAO is the developer and maintainer of Levinswap. The DAO's mission is to build a cross-chain DeFi ecosystem under one umbrella. LEVIN is the governance token for the entire LightningDAO ecosystem, unifying different chains into one unified ecosystem.
• xDai ChaincoreTechnology or IntegrationLevinswap is an AMM DEX deployed on the xDai chain. xDai provides fast (2-3 sec) and inexpensive ($0.0004) transactions. The chain is described as a sisterchain to Ethereum rather than a competitor, with bridged assets connecting the two ecosystems.
• 1HiveminorOthers1Hive provides the xDai faucet that allows users to claim 0.01 xDai for free to experiment with the network.
• RaidGuildminorOthersCo-contributor to the xDai faucet that allows users to claim 0.01 xDai for free to experiment with the network.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Balancer: AMM protocol allowing weighted and customizable liquidity pools. Comparable technology category to Levinswap with deeper institutional adoption.
• Curve Finance: Specialized AMM DEX focused on stable and like-asset swaps. Adjacent category leader whose multi-chain expansion puts competitive pressure on Levinswap's liquidity providers.
• Bancor: AMM DEX with single-sided liquidity provision and impermanent-loss protection features — overlapping primitives that compete for the same liquidity provider audience.

Direct peers

• Honeyswap: Another AMM DEX natively deployed on the xDai chain, competing head-to-head with Levinswap for the same liquidity providers and traders on that network.
• SushiSwap: Multi-chain AMM DEX with community-led governance and yield farming. Competes with Levinswap on similar primitives and cross-chain strategy.
• Uniswap: The largest AMM DEX and the protocol from which Levinswap is directly forked. Uniswap defines the category standard for constant-product AMMs that Levinswap replicates on xDai.
• PancakeSwap: AMM DEX with farming and staking products comparable to Levinswap's suite. Operates primarily on BNB Chain but has expanded to other chains, increasing cross-chain competition for Levinswap's roadmap.

Others

• RealT: Tokenized real estate issuance platform partnered with Levinswap. Not a competitor but a key ecosystem participant whose growth directly drives Levinswap's tokenized securities trading volume.
• 1inch: DEX aggregator routing orders across multiple AMMs. Competes indirectly by capturing order flow that might otherwise route through Levinswap pools.
• Matcha: Retail-focused DEX aggregator with a similar target user base of self-directed DeFi traders. Aggregator layer can siphon volume from Levinswap's interface.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/Levinswap
• Xx.com/levinswap

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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