Kava is a relatively recent Defi platform (launched in late October 2019) whose company is based in Silicon Valley. This is another of the projects that makes use of blockchain technology with the intention of providing more accessible financial services to the community, in this case providing a platform for decentralized loans with guaranteed value and stablecoins compatible with many of the main digital currencies such as Bitcoin. (BTC), Ripple (XRP), Cosmos (ATOM), Binance Coin (BNB), among others.
The Kava project is backed by more than 100 validators or entities among which are: Binance, Huobi, Okex, Ripple, Cosmos, among others. It has special characteristics such as interoperability between the different blockchains.
It has the particularity of having a dual token: On the one hand, the KAVA token, native to the project, which is used to maintain the security of the network, governance and carry out other procedures within the platform, and on the other the USDX token, a stablecoin backed by major crypto assets. KAVA currently ranks 120th on the coinmarketcap with a price tag of $ 2.10 USD. Its highest peak was on August 17 this year ($ 5.52 USD).
By way of conclusion, the Kava platform acts as a decentralized Defi center that allows the interconnection of users with a variety of products and services (stable coins, accounts, loans, among others). Although it is a recent project, it has already achieved some success in the crypto market.