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Bancor v2.1: Can’t Solve Impermanent Loss? Ok, let’s insure it
The main point of contention in AMM discussions is Impermanent Loss.
5 Min
DeFi
Oct 2020
Fantom Ramps Up, Short-Term BTC Holders in Losses, Perp Markets Undecided
Short-term BTC Holders In Loss Is Spiking As BTC trends downward in recent weeks, more short-term holders...(STH) of spot BTC have been holding at a loss....Furthermore, long-term holders (LTH) have been affected as holders in loss went up to near-September...
3 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Jan 2022
Loss Versus Rebalancing (LVR)
Loss Versus Rebalancing (LVR) is a metric designed to quantify the impact of adverse selection on AMM...Once the price of ETH returns to $1,000, impermanent loss would be 0, while LVR would be >0....Impermanent loss only looks at a starting and ending point, and compares LP performance to that of an...
3 Min
DeFi
Apr 2023
Paradex Update: Socialized Losses vs Auto-Deleveraging
...delved into during our conversation: Paradex’s differentiated risk management, particularly socialized losses...Paradex ditches Auto-Deleveraging (ADL) for a differentiated approach by the splitting of socialized losses...First, socialized losses tackle solvency alone: apply temporary haircuts to withdrawals, spreading the...
5 Min
Derivatives
Oct 2025
Bancor v2.1: IL Insurance Check-In
Bancor recently upgraded to Bancor v2.1 – which uniquely featured Impermanent Loss insurance facilitated...Bancor’s IL insurance is retroactive and tied to measurable economic loss by LPs....and $980M TVL. $21.8M of Bancor’s non-BNT liquidity ($46.3m) is currently protected under Bancor’s impermanent...loss insurance.
4 Min
DeFi
Dec 2020
Bancor v2.1: IL Insurance Check-In
Bancor recently upgraded to Bancor v2.1 – which uniquely featured Impermanent Loss insurance facilitated...Bancor’s IL insurance is retroactive and tied to measurable economic loss by LPs....and $980M TVL. $21.8M of Bancor’s non-BNT liquidity ($46.3m) is currently protected under Bancor’s impermanent...loss insurance.
4 Min
DeFi
Dec 2020
$AMPL -  The Not So Stable Stablecoin
The current maximum APY is 34.59%, not factoring in Impermanent Loss....This is due to the fact that Impermanent Loss hits doubly as hard for AMPL....rebases at high AMPL values ($2) are worth more than rebases at lower AMPL values ($1.2), and such, LP  impermanent...loss is exacerbated in these market conditions.
6 Min
DeFi
Jul 2020
The Evolution of yEarn Finance
...emergency module necessitates a governance vote, which takes time to coordinate and could lead to a loss...would be the first vault that utilizes Uniswap liquidity provision and actively takes on the risk of impermanent...loss....Most yield farming strategies involve Uniswap LP tokens and require users to bear the risk of impermanent...
5 Min
Asset Management
Oct 2020
Opyn Squeeth Doubles, Concentrator IFO, Uniswap vs. Curve
Therefore, holding Squeeth over extended periods during sideways and bear markets may cause a loss in...The downside is that this concentration of liquidity amplifies impermanent losses and requires LPs to...are better for long-tail assets, helping compensate liquidity providers for volatility and thus the impermanent...loss risk they take on.
7 Min
Structured Products
Jul 2022
Heads or Thales: Exploring the Potential of Positional Parimutuel Markets
Impermanent Loss – Augur v2, Polymarket, and Omen marked a shift to CFMMs for prediction markets’ second...Impermanent loss has varying impacts on different AMM use cases....Impermanent loss renders CFMMs completely impractical for prediction markets and sports betting.
26 Min
Options
Jan 2023
Uniswap V3 - The Next Evolution
The highest fee would likely be used on pairs where there is an elevated risk of impermanent loss, to...loss (i.e. stable pools)....loss in certain situations Trading fees are no longer automatically reinvested back into the pool on...loss.
7 Min
Spot Exchange
Mar 2021
DEX Wars and Aggregation Theory
Algorithm optimisations: Algorithms that help reduce slippage, mitigate losses to arbitrageurs or optimise...Mitigating impermanent loss: Impermanent loss has been written about at length and I won’t go into it...Different algorithms and implementations that help mitigate impermanent loss are strong differentiators...
5 Min
DeFi
Aug 2020
Squeeth & The Crab Strategy
With the quadratic nature of impermanent loss, it is possible to hedge down to 1% accuracy with Squeeth...Hedging Options with Squeeth  Similar to impermanent loss in Uniswap V3 positions, options can be hedged...Uniswap V3 LP positions is a monumental development because a recent study by Bancor showed that hyper impermanent...
9 Min
Structured Products
Feb 2022
$AMPL -  The Not So Stable Stablecoin
The current maximum APY is 34.59%, not factoring in Impermanent Loss....This is due to the fact that Impermanent Loss hits doubly as hard for AMPL....rebases at high AMPL values ($2) are worth more than rebases at lower AMPL values ($1.2), and such, LP  impermanent...loss is exacerbated in these market conditions.
6 Min
DeFi
Jul 2020
Our New PowerPool Proposal (#9) Ahead of Next Week’s PowerIndex Launch
We’ve also designed a liquidity mining incentive scheme that has impermanent loss insurance built in....It rewards you additional CVP in order to directly offset the impermanent loss that you specifically...If you withdraw liquidity prematurely then you’re only compensated for a portion of the impermanent loss...loss.
9 Min
DAO
Nov 2020
Our New PowerPool Proposal (#9) Ahead of Next Week’s PowerIndex Launch
We’ve also designed a liquidity mining incentive scheme that has impermanent loss insurance built in....It rewards you additional CVP in order to directly offset the impermanent loss that you specifically...If you withdraw liquidity prematurely then you’re only compensated for a portion of the impermanent loss...loss.
9 Min
Infrastructure
Nov 2020
Maverick Takes Aim at the DEX Landscape
loss if they are correct....loss....If a user is correct in their prediction, they can earn a substantial amount of fees with low impermanent...The risk of impermanent loss is therefore much higher with Mode Both.
11 Min
AMM
Jun 2023
Modifications to Our CVP Proposal
...comparing the two, a 50/50 pool has better execution than an 80/20 pool, but also suffers from more impermanent...loss....The other benefit of the 80/20 pool we mentioned earlier was that it would have less impermanent loss...To recap, the benefits of an 80/20 pool are that it would materially increase yield and reduce impermanent...
5 Min
DeFi
Nov 2020
A Sneak Peak at the Future of ETH
loss” (IL) when it comes to Automated Market Makers (AMMs)....up this loss and restore an equal balance of assets....Simply put, Stoploss allows Liquidity Providers (LPs) to limit their impermanent losses on AMMs....’ maximum acceptable loss....You set a maximum IL and when your Impermanent Loss approaches that, liquidators will liquidate your...
12 Min
Infrastructure
Oct 2020
Reimagining The PowerPool
As with any liquidity pool, impermanent loss is something that needs to be considered....However, since the top DeFi tokens are generally correlated with one another, impermanent loss may be...As long as the price of the DeFi tokens move proportionally with one another, impermanent loss shouldn...
7 Min
Indices
Sep 2020