# Venus (XVS): D-Score 43/100 — Moderately Decentralized

**BlockIndex D-Score: 43/100 (Moderately Decentralized).** Venus (XVS) is a Layer 2 cryptocurrency using Smart Contract consensus. Venus Protocol: Decentralized finance on Binance Smart Chain optimizing lending, borrowing, and stablecoin minting with community governance.

_Source: https://blockindex.ai/coin/xvs · Data by BlockIndex.AI · Updated 2026-06-19_

## D-Score breakdown (0-100, higher means more decentralized)
| Component | Score |
| --- | --- |
| Overall D-Score | 43 |
| Node distribution | 0 |
| Initial distribution | 0 |
| Governance | 25 |
| Age and history | 13 |
| Autonomy | 5 |

## Key facts
- Layer: Layer 2
- Consensus: Smart Contract (N/A)
- Launch: Fair Launch (2020)
- Founder: Swipe project developers
- VC funded: No
- Max supply: N/A
- Circulating: 16,360,562

## Market data (as of 2026-06-19)
- Price: $2.59
- Market cap: $42.4M
- 24h volume: $3.69M
- 24h change: -1.19% · 7d change: +5.06%

## About
Venus Protocol is an algorithmic money market and synthetic stablecoin system built on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC), providing a comprehensive DeFi platform for lending, borrowing, and stablecoin minting. It enables users to interact with financial products without requiring a centralized authority, capitalizing on the speed and low transaction costs of BSC. A unique aspect of Venus is its governance structure, which is entirely community-driven, with XVS token holders possessing exclusive decision-making powers regarding protocol upgrades and changes. The protocol integrates with price oracles like Chainlink to ensure accurate pricing and safeguard against market manipulation, offering robust financial services with high yield potential while maintaining decentralization at its core.

## Links
- Website: https://venus.io/
- Whitepaper: N/A
- GitHub: https://github.com/VenusProtocol/venus-protocol-documentation/tree/main/whitepapers

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About the D-Score: BlockIndex.AI rates decentralization from 0 to 100 across node distribution, initial distribution, governance, age and history, and autonomy. Methodology: https://blockindex.ai/dscore