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# FATExFi is not a "DEX"

Description of why FATExFi is not a traditional DeFi decentralized exchange ("dex")

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### Why does it look like a "dex" if it's not? 

The DAO is *not* building a DEX directly, we are using the traditional “dex” — yield-farm, liquidity pool DApp model to circumvent the angel investment process, one of the many advantages of a DAO.   to build capital and support using the cheap and rapid network the Harmony team has succeeded in creating.  

### Ok... What is it?

FATExFi is a digital asset depository that is pooling capital for, and from, DAO members to build a profitable, commercial FinTech & DeFi investment & banking institution.\
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FATExDAO & its DEX/Dapp was never intended to just be a fork yield-farm/dex in the traditional sense - it repurposes a dex into:

* It is a depository for members' digital assets that are pooled into a collective "DeFi" commercial enterprise.  

* Collectively via the FATE governance token - DAO members participate in all decisions and build an equity position to benefit from the DAO's focus: 

  * Create financial services and products that have large-scale commercial applications via DeFi/DLT/tokenization tech.  
  * Produce wealth/value through innovations that increase economic activity in an equitable, inclusive, borderless, and ESG-aligned manner.  

* This is significantly different from almost any other DeFi project by its own measure.  

### How do we do that?

We want to minimize the number of FATE tokens in public circulation.  At the moment, FATE is an intangible asset, that has immense potential value - that will be realized - but given the enormity of the FinTech industry and the DAO's plan to lead and capture a significant piece of the DLT-tokenization impact on each sector of traditional finance - the proformas' themselves are hard to believe - it is best to accomplish the first phase of monetization via FxD, demonstrate the ability and potential of FATExDAO before a significant portion of FATE tokens are allowed to be acquired.

* Building long-term members who hodl FATE and contribute capital with long-term, steady, sustainable FATE reward distributions - which has been, and will continue to be maintained.

### **What is important:**

**The DAO treasury's primary focus is not to provide liquidity for DeFi trading, but to build & hold capital for FinTech & digital banking products & services that produce revenue, which will be legally distributed to its members.**  

We are the first DApp to offer PAXG as an alternative to BTC, ETH, or a stablecoin, as primary liquidity pair, not for novelty or apparent uniqueness.  

* CapEx used to build the prototypes, team, and Dapp framework/infrastructure necessary to create profitable FinTech products/services asap.  
* The focus is on the future value of FATE and its derivatives, not "APR" equated from the emission schedule rewards. 

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Please read & note the statements in the [**Disclaimers Section**](/fatexdao/legal-ip-disclaimers/disclaimers-1.md) of these documents found [here](/fatexdao/governance/non-defi-profit.md).\ <br>