# What is APYSwap Foundation?
APYSwap Foundation unites blockchains and DeFi services by building an ecosystem of crypto projects.
### **Our mission**
Bring value and financial freedom to all kinds of people by supporting the community of like-minded blockchain professionals and helping them to successfully create new products.
### **Why do we build an ecosystem?**
Many DeFi projects originated on Ethereum. However, as it began to scale, users have started to face many different issues resulting from Ethereum’s design. With its price reaching new heights, it is slowly getting too expensive for casual users to interact with DeFi services.
Many EVM-compatible chains were developed to circumvent Ethereum’s limitations, with Binance Smart Chain actively leading the charge. However, this and the addition of non-EVM networks spreads the services thin across a variety of chains.
Most blockchains have unique architecture and DeFi ecosystem. We believe, that for a regular user, it is wise to take advantage of as many blockchains as possible to diversify the risks and explore new opportunities. Here the cross-chain interoperability becomes essential for the future of DeFi.
APYSwap Foundation aims to create an ecosystem of products, that allows to transfer and manage assets on as many EVM and non-EVM blockchains as possible, becoming an entry point to users and projects.
### **Whom are we looking for?**
We are interested in supporting the projects that satisfy the following aspects:
* A project has a working product on the Testnet or Mainnet.
* A project is built on / connects the blockchains that are supported on one of our products.
* A project can be partnered with other ecosystem products and can benefit them as well.
* A project has a token and thought out tokenomics or can justify why the token is not needed.
### **What can we offer?**
There are several benefits a project can get from becoming a part of the ecosystem:
* Partnerships with other ecosystem projects.
* Help with marketing and community management.
* Exposure to other projects’ communities.
* Business development mentorship.
* Technical mentorship.
* Help with code audits.
* Financial support.
### **What are the terms of cooperation?**
Since every project is unique with an individual monetization model, we need to discuss every case separately. Depending on the product and the stage of development it is on, we will decide on the terms. If you are a project, that can bring value to the ecosystem, it is better to contact us and talk about the details.
# APYS token
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### You can buy APYS token on several blockchains
1. [Ethereum](https://app.uniswap.org/#/swap?inputCurrency=ETH\&outputCurrency=0xf7413489c474ca4399eee604716c72879eea3615)
2. [BSC](https://pancakeswap.finance/swap#/swap)
3. [HECO](https://ht.mdex.com/#/swap?lang=en)
4. [Solana](https://raydium.io/liquidity/?ammId=8arNSCmsoAD6FeLZTdcEeNp3GVUYvwQokxE5dEozEnN7)
5. [Polygon (Matic)](https://quickswap.exchange/#/swap?inputCurrency=0x2791bca1f2de4661ed88a30c99a7a9449aa84174\&outputCurrency=0x14743e1c6f812154f7ecc980d890f0f5234103e7)
# What is Liquid Vested Token?
## **What are Tokens with Vesting?**
Vested Tokens (TOKEN) are tokens that you can receive in a specific time period.
Let’s imagine that Alice promises 120 TOKENs to Bob with a 1-year Vesting. It means that Bob will be able to receive all 120 TOKENs in 1 year.
If Bob claims the tokens after 1 year, he will receive 120 TOKENs.
If Bob claims the tokens after 6 months, he will receive 60 TOKENs.
If Bob claims the tokens after 1 month, he will receive 10 TOKEN.
If Bob claims the tokens after 1 day, he will receive 120 TOKENs / 365 days = 0.329 TOKENs
Basically, Bob can claim the TOKENs every second, however, he can’t receive the TOKENs earlier than they are available.
## What is a Cliff?
Cliff is the time between the “Deal” date and the start of Vesting.
It means that Bob can start claiming TOKENs after 3 months from Alice’s promise and receive them during the next 12 months.
If Bob claims tokens after 1 month from Alice’s promise, he will not receive anything.
If Bob claims tokens after 3 months and 1 day from Alice’s promise, he will receive 120 TOKENs / 365 days = 0.329 TOKENs.
If Bob claims tokens after 4 (3 + 1) months from Alice’s promise, he will receive 10 TOKEN.
If Bob claims tokens after 9 (3 + 6) months from Alice’s promise, he will receive 60 TOKENs.
If Bob claims tokens after 15 (3 + 12) months from Alice’s promise, he will receive 120 TOKENs.
## What is a Liquid Vested Token?
Let’s imagine that Alice promises 120 TOKENS to Bob with a 3 months Cliff and a 1-year Vesting with the ability to get 120 vTOKENs during the Cliff period.
It means that Bob can claim a total of 120 vTOKENs to his wallet before the start of Vesting. However, he can start Redeeming these 120 vTOKENs for the usual TOKENs after 3 months from Alice’s promise and receive them during the next 12 months.
Bob can’t Redeem tokens after 1-3 months from Alice’s promise.
If Bob redeems vTOKENs after 3 months and 1 day from Alice’s promise, he will receive 120 TOKENs / 365 days = 0.329 TOKENs.
If Bob redeems vTOKENs after 4 (3 + 1) months from Alice’s promise, he will receive 10 TOKENs.
If Bob redeems vTOKENs after 9 (3 + 6) months from Alice’s promise, he will receive 60 TOKENs.
If Bob redeems vTOKENs after 15 (3 + 12) months from Alice’s promise, he will receive 120 TOKENs.
## What can I do with Liquid Vested Token?
* You can transfer vTOKENs between the different wallets.
* You can sell vTOKENs to somebody for a lower price and get your money even during the Cliff period.
## **What is v0ABR, v6ABR, v12ABR?**
v0ABR - you can redeem them with 1-to-1 ratio to ABR immediately because there is no Cliff.
v6ABR - you can start redeeming them with a 1-to-1 ratio to ABR after 6 months, because there is a 6 months Cliff.
v12ABR - you can start redeeming them with a 1-to-1 ratio to ABR after 12 months, because there is a 12 months Cliff.
### How to Redeem vABR?
Redeeming will be available soon. There will be an announcement and all the needed guides.
# APYS Airdrop
## **Airdrop Video Guide**
## **How does APYS Airdrop work?**
1. You can claim your v6ABR during the 6 months Cliff.
2. You can redeem v6ABR for ABR linearly during the next 24 months after the Cliff.
Your address is eligible, if you had APYS tokens on May 28 on your wallet or the following dapps:
* APYSwap Vaults
* Ferrum
* Uniswap
* PancakeSwap
* Beefi
IMPORTANT: If you had APYS on a non-custodial wallet, that is not MetaMask, you should import your seed phrase into MetaMask and connect MetaMask to the website.
Claiming of v6ABR tokens will be available in October 2021. Redeeming of v6ABR to ABR will be available from March 31, 2022.
### What is v6ABR?
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### How to Redeem v6ABR?
Redeeming will be available soon. There will be an announcement and all the needed guides.
# APYS Staking
### **Get APYS on Solana wallet**
* If you held your APYS tokens on the other blockchains, you should transfer them to Solana wallet.
* For now, we support only Sollet and Phantom wallets.
* You can bridge APYS via Allbridge:
Using this Allbridge guide: .
### **Stake your APYS tokens**
1. Navigate to the APYS Staking Page: .
2. Click Connect Wallet button.
3\. Choose a wallet, where you have APYS tokens.
4\. Enter the amount of APYS you want to stake.
5\. Click Stake.
6\. Approve transaction in the wallet.
7\. After the transaction is successful, you will see your assets and start earning v12ABR.
### **How to Unstake APYS tokens?**
1. Enter the amount of APYS you want to unstake.
2\. Click **Unstake** button.
3\. Approve transaction in the wallet.
4\. Your assets will be transferred to your wallet, as well as earned v12ABR.
### What is v12ABR?
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### How to redeem v12ABR?
Redeeming will be available soon. There will be an announcement and all the needed guides.