Overview
MAYZ Protocol is a decentralized index-fund platform that lets you invest in a curated basket of crypto tokens by buying a single fund share. Anyone can pick a fund that matches their interest — say, a basket tracking a slice of an ecosystem — or, if they have the conviction, launch and manage their own fund. The protocol runs on smart contracts, so deposits, swaps, and fees happen on-chain without a broker in the middle12.
The protocol is built on Cardano and sits in the indexes corner of decentralized finance — funds that bundle multiple assets together, similar to how an ETF bundles stocks. Beyond individual investors, MAYZ has a separate track for financial institutions that want to offer crypto products to their clients without building the back-end themselves3.
Key Features
- Single-token diversified exposure. Buy one Fund Token and you hold a slice of a whole basket — built around a theme like Cardano DeFi or a fund manager's strategy — instead of buying each token separately1.
- Anyone can launch a fund. Set the token mix, weights, fees, and lifecycle dates, lock up gMAYZ as collateral, and the smart contract handles the rest. Fund managers earn a share of the fees their fund generates from assets under management4.
- Liquidity providers earn from swap offers. Provide liquidity by creating swap offers between Fund Tokens and other assets, set your own commission, and collect trading fees as investors enter and exit positions4.
- Governance and revenue sharing through gMAYZ. Holders of the gMAYZ governance token vote on protocol decisions and can delegate to fund managers they back, earning a share of those fund managers' revenue in return4.
- Independently reviewed code. The on-chain contracts were audited by AuditOne ahead of mainnet launch, with a separate code review by TxPipe, a Cardano engineering studio56.
What to Expect
You arrive on a marketing site that splits visitors into three lanes — investor, institution, or community member — and points each one at the right product. The actual investing happens on the MAYZ DApp, where you connect a Cardano wallet, browse live funds, and deposit ADA or supported tokens to receive Fund Tokens that represent your share of the basket.
For people considering managing a fund, the institutions page walks through the steps: define an investment unit (the list of tokens and weights), pick a class and fee schedule, stake gMAYZ as collateral, and deploy on-chain. Once active, the admin panel lets you re-index the basket, balance holdings, and collect fees, with every action recorded on-chain3.
The protocol is open-source under the MAYZGitHub organization, the whitepaper is publicly maintained, and a separate governance front-end handles gMAYZ voting and delegation. If you want to read the contracts themselves, they live in the protocol contracts repository on GitHub7.
