The Balancer cryptocurrency is the reward token that fuels the Balancer market maker protocol. The Balancer protocol serves as a liquidity provider and a non-custodial portfolio manager. Unlike other automatic market maker protocols, such as Uniswap, Balancer is designed to provide a general solution that can be customized for a variety of trading pools with different distributions. It uses smart order routing to send trades to trading pools with the best rates available, and rewards traders by paying them a fee for increasing the liquidity of these pools.

DEW is a decentralized exchange that allows users to trade blockchain-based assets as well as stocks, futures, and other securities. Asset transfers are executed according to rules established in smart contracts, and a chain-based clearing mechanism ensures transparency. The DEW network, and exchange, is powered by the Ethereum-based DEW token.