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# What is Calyx?

## 🪷 What Is Calyx?

### TL;DR

Calyx is a cross-chain launchpad powered by NEAR Intents. Participants can join token sales using assets they already hold - ETH, SOL, even memecoins across multiple ecosystems - in a single transaction, without bridging or swapping.\
Founders raise across chains, then enable claiming and trading, with optional automated liquidity tools.

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### 👥 Who It's For

* **Participants** - Easy access, in one click, to curated sales without manual bridging or swapping.
* **Founders** - Professional-grade launches integrated with Intents; raise across ecosystems and keep credibility high.

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### 🔧 How It Works (High Level)

1. **Join** - Connect your wallet or passkey and pay with any supported asset (EVM and non-EVM).
2. **Route & Settle** - NEAR Intents handles routing, conversion, and settlement in the background.
3. **Close & List** - When the sale ends, tokens are bridged as needed and listed on NEAR Intents for trading.
4. **Claim** - Participants claim per the configured schedule; projects can manage post-sale liquidity.

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### 🌐 Key Capabilities

* **Any Chain, Any Token, One Transaction** - Users purchase instantly using assets they already hold; Calyx abstracts bridges and swaps.
* **Multi-Chain Token, Out of the Box** - OmniBridge support enables distribution and transfer across supported chains.
* **Agentic Liquidity (Coming soon)** - A programmable agent can route capital and rebalance liquidity across chains based on project rules.

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### 🧭 Sale Types (Initial)

* **Fixed Price** - Set price, caps, timelines, and vesting (optional).
* **Price Discovery (Pro-Rata)** - Time-boxed pool; allocations are distributed pro-rata at close.

*Bonding curves and additional mechanisms may be introduced later per the roadmap.*

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### 🛡️ Compliance

* **KYB for founders** is required.
* **KYC** is optional and set per project.
* **KYT** is performed per wallet connected.
* Terms for users and projects are provided in-app and in the docs.

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### 💼 Fees & Commercials

* **Protocol fee:** none for now.
* **Platform/frontend fees:** may include a % of the raise and/or tokens; deposit/failure fees may apply.

Final terms are disclosed on each sale page.

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### 📣 GTM Support

Calyx provides coordinated GTM support

* **Pre-launch** positioning
* **Launch** amplification
* **Post-launch** updates

Details are agreed with each project before launch.

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### 🚫 What Calyx Is Not

* An investment adviser or underwriter.
* A guarantee of token performance or secondary liquidity.