Levana Finance
Client: Levana Finance
Role: Senior Product Designer
Category: Perpetual Swaps
Focus: Making Trading clear, safe, and intuitive
Timeline: Jul 2023 – Feb 2026
The Product
Levana is a fully-collateralized perpetual swaps protocol on Osmosis, Neutron and Injective. Each position’s maximum profit is locked in advance — eliminating bad debt entirely. Separate liquidity markets per trading pair reduce contagion risk. Liquidity providers supply collateral and earn yield; traders access leverage across multiple Cosmos chains through a single interface.
Trade
- 50x leverage, long and short
- Adjustable fees
- Market neutral trading strategies
Earn
- Real yield for liquidity providers
- Multiple risk-adjusted options
DAO
- Vote on Proposals
- Shape Levana’s Future
- Stake and Earn
My role & Approach
My approach was strictly user-centric: identifying friction in the live product and solving it through systemic design. I focused on streamlining the interactions that traders perform thousands of times a day. Also building new features requested by the project manager.
The Challenge
Levana is a fully-collateralized perpetuals protocol on Cosmos. Two critical UX problems were blocking trader efficiency and limiting adoption.
01
Trading blind
Position management lived inside a modal that covered the price chart. Traders were adjusting leverage without seeing real-time market context.
02
Collateral friction
Opening a position might required a separate swap first. Traders had to calculate exact amounts, open a modal, swap, then return to the chart view.
The Product
Borrow · Lend · Transactions · Stats
Borrow
Lend
Transactions
Stats
The Borrow Journey
From first intent to first loan — designed for users new to DeFi
01
Risk-first interface
We stopped burying the important stuff. Liquidation prices and health factors are now the very first things you see—long before you ever hit a confirmation button.
02
Constant Clarity
Every step shows the full picture — collateral, debt, LTV ratio and liquidation price are always visible, never hidden. Users never have to guess where they stand.
03
The Health Gauge
We built a persistent visual gauge that acts like a dashboard for your loan. A quick glance tells you exactly how healthy your position is.
Communicating Risk
Five risk levels always visible — with proactive warnings before positions become critical
5-tier risk level system
High risk banner with actionable CTAs
Post-liquidation — transparent breakdown
Design System
Building a scalable interface using Atomic Design.
Building a scalable interface using Atomic Design.
The Parent Library (The DNA):
Built on MUI Core. This holds all the basic building blocks—our colors, our typography, and the absolute basics.
The Child Library (The Engine):
This takes those building blocks and turns them into actual DeFi components—like Lending Cards, Transaction Tables, and Position Gauges.
