Not Financial Advice

What Ava is and isn't, in legal and practical terms. Nothing here is investment advice.

Not Financial Advice#

Ava Guardian is a tool. It explains what it sees on-chain and proposes specific actions you can confirm or decline. It is not a financial advisor, a broker-dealer, a registered investment adviser, or a fiduciary. Nothing it says — and nothing on this site — is an offer to buy or sell any asset or a recommendation to do so.

What that means in practice#

  • Ava can be wrong. Markets move; oracles glitch; networks congest; protocols can be exploited. Ava's suggestions are based on its model of the world and the data it has, and both can be incomplete.
  • Nothing executes without your permission. In Manual mode you sign each action yourself. In Auto mode Ava acts only inside a permission you signed — its apps, spending limits and expiry. Either way, you are the final risk authority on your wallet.
  • Past performance ≠ future outcomes. A Guardian that protected your position last month is no guarantee it will protect it next month. Conditions change. Stay attentive.
  • Crypto is risky. Smart-contract bugs, market crashes, key compromise, network failures, and chain-level events can all cause partial or total loss of funds. Ava does not — and cannot — eliminate those risks.

What Ava does not do#

  • Recommend whether to be in DeFi, in crypto, in a particular protocol, or in a particular asset.
  • Predict price movements, time the market, or pick winners.
  • Take a fiduciary duty toward you.
  • Offer tax, accounting, or legal advice.

For any of the above, talk to a qualified professional in your jurisdiction.

The practical safety model#

Ava's job is to make the bounded decisions you've already authorized — "keep my Aave HF safe within a 500-USDC budget" — accurate and timely. It is not to make the strategic decisions about whether to be on Aave, how leveraged to be, or how much capital to deploy. Those are yours.

If you're not sure whether using a particular DeFi protocol is appropriate for you, that's a sign to stop and learn more, or to talk to a qualified adviser, not a sign to ask Ava.

Jurisdiction#

Ava Guardian is offered as a software tool. We do not solicit users in jurisdictions where its use would violate local law. By using Ava, you confirm you are doing so on your own initiative and that your use complies with the laws applicable to you.

TL;DR#

Actions are based on your instructions, and nothing executes without your permission. Nothing here is financial advice. Crypto is risky. The Guardian model bounds what Ava can do to the limits you set — nothing executes without your signature or a permission you signed — but it doesn't make crypto risk-free. Spending limits cap what Ava is authorized to spend. They don't cap losses on your DeFi positions.