Colony avalanche index

The easiest way to invest in the Avalanche ecosystem.

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Objective

CAI is the benchmark index for investors wanting to get exposure to the Avalanche ecosystem.

It is composed of the native token (AVAX) and the most prominent projects in the ecosystem. The index improves returns for investors by generating yield on the underlying assets. These assets are rigorously selected and weighted to spread the risk and volatility in proportion to their market capitalisation.

Why invest in CAI ?

The first major index on Avalanche. Backed by Ava Labs.

All-rounded exposure to Avalanche: CAI provides exposure to AVAX, as well as the Avalanche application layer, ensuring investors benefit from growth in the ecosystem as a whole.
Additional returns from Yield Yak: We allocate a percentage of the tokens to unlock passive yield, so investors can benefit from additional returns on their investment.
Robust methodology to safeguard funds: The index strategy is built to protect investors’ funds, by focusing on asset liquidity, safety and token utility. Learn more about the methodology here.
The leading Avalanche index: CAI maintains deep liquidity so investors can enter and exit seamlessly. It is the largest Avalanche index to date, trusted by the top organisations in the Avalanche ecosystem.

Recommended for

Individuals

For investors seeking exposure to the entirety of the Avalanche ecosystem, well beyond just AVAX. Invest in CAI to benefit from yield opportunities without the hassle of farming yourself.

Institutions

For institutions seeking exposure to the entirety of the Avalanche ecosystem, well beyond just AVAX. CAI allows you to diversify treasury assets with simplicity and less management hassle.

Index Breakdown

AVAX 20%

Avalanche is a high performing open-source platform for launching decentralized applications and enterprise blockchain deployments in one interoperable, highly scalable ecosystem.

sAVAX 30%

sAVAX represents ownership of staked AVAX positions in BENQI Liquid Staking. The yield-bearing asset grants users the ability to remain liquid and participate within other DeFi applications such as AAVE, Trader Joe, Platypus and BENQI.

QI 15%

BENQI is a decentralized liquidity market protocol on Avalanche, enabling users to lend, borrow, and earn interest with their assets.

joe 35%

Trader Joe is a one-stop-shop decentralized trading platform native to the Avalanche blockchain.

Methodology

Token inclusion summary

The project should have a token that is native to Avalanche. This excludes wrapped variants, where the underlying tokens are locked on an alt-L1.
The project’s token should have been listed on CoinGecko with at least 6 months of historical pricing data.
The token should have in aggregate at least $2M of onchain liquidity across Trader Joe and Pangolin.
The maximum weight any one token can have is 50%. All excess weight is proportionally redistributed to all uncapped tokens.
No rebasing or deflationary tokens.

See more details on token inclusion criteria.