Is Ave.ai custodial? Who holds your funds?
Yes. Ave.ai is custodial: the venue holds your funds on your behalf (checked Nov 11, 2026). Self-custody instead: Padre (code dexsheet) and Tradium (code 0xA724fE0DEc9B330a5BE96Bc679Cff04C2efED65f).
Checked 2026-11-11 · 3 sourcesOfficial site: ave.ai
- Ave's user agreement says the private keys and assets in its bot wallets are "securely stored and managed by Ave". Signing up with email, Ave's recommended login, creates four bot wallets (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Solana, Base).
- With a custodial venue you rely on it to stay solvent and to honour withdrawals.
Sources: Ave.ai User Agreement (terms of use; bot wallet custody) · Ave.ai: How to log in (email bot wallets, Telegram, browser wallets) · Ave.ai: Create Bot Wallet (Telegram bot). The venue's own page wins if it disagrees with ours.
Ave.ai
Trading terminal · 1.6% round trip. Ave.ai is a multichain on-chain trading app (web terminal, Telegram bot and mobile apps) for token discovery, smart-money tracking, copy trading and sniping, plus Hyperliquid perpetuals. Its fee page lists 0.8% per trade from an Ave bot wallet and 0.5% from your own connected wallet.
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