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“Avantis Exchange | Decentralized Perpetuals, RWAs & 500x Leverage, Staking, Airdrop”
Threat Report: avantis.exchange
The domain avantis.exchange presents itself as a decentralized exchange offering perpetuals, real-world assets, and 500x leverage, along with staking and an airdrop. However, it is classified as an impersonation of a legitimate brand in an airdrop scam, specifically targeting cryptocurrency users. The threat is that victims may be lured into connecting wallets or sending funds to claim a fake airdrop, resulting in loss of cryptocurrency assets.
Technical evidence shows the site was flagged by 6 out of 95 VirusTotal vendors, with detections from ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, CyRadar, ESET, and Fortinet, and is listed on 3 blocklists. The domain was registered through NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited on 2026-02-21, and its IP address is 188.114.96.3, hosted in the United States under AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services / WE1, and nameservers are lily.ns.cloudflare.com and sergi.ns.cloudflare.com.
The site is currently offline or down, with a GridinSoft trust score of 0 out of 100, indicating high risk. Despite its inactive status, the domain remains a significant threat due to its scam nature and low trust level. Users should avoid any interaction with this domain and consider it malicious.
Stored crawler-versus-browser observations for this host, plus a live fingerprint check for Keitaro-style traffic distribution systems.
Scanner note: unavailable: raw=connection_error; http=0; via=http_proxy; error=SOCKSHTTPConnectionPool(host='avantis.exchange', port=80): Max retries exceeded with url: / (Caused by NewConnectionErro
For this gTLD, the registrar above operates under an ICANN accreditation agreement. The links below provide the official fee schedule and current DNS abuse compliance guidance.
RAA §3.18 establishes abuse-contact and handling requirements. This report can document stored outbound notices and later technical observations; it does not by itself establish receipt, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.
Edge-IP reputation is not attributed to this domain.
sergi.ns.cloudflare.comLocation describes the IP network.
5a568047b3eeced76195710a6543ac2e258e3d805859991bc37f0ef1c3b4c499Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
12 recorded events. These records describe collected evidence, outgoing notifications and publication; they do not confirm a complete investigation or a takedown.
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Reported by 1 community member, first seen Feb 12, 2026
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