Automated Market Makers (AMMs)

What Are Automated Market Makers?

Instead of relying on the traditional buyers and sellers in a financial market, AMMs keep the DeFi ecosystem liquid 24/7 via liquidity pools.

Impermanent Loss in Decentralized Finance

Among the drawbacks of AMMs is the phenomenon of impermanent loss. Learn what it is, how it happens, and how to mitigate it.

How Liquidity Provider (LP) Tokens Work

In 2020, the term “yield farming” did not exist. Today, you can “farm for yield” — maximize profits — by moving LP tokens in and out of different DeFi apps.

What Are Liquidity Pools?

Liquidity pools enable users to buy and sell crypto on decentralized exchanges and other DeFi platforms without the need for centralized market makers.

Liquidity Provider Tokens for DeFi & DEXs: An Overview

LP tokens are rewarded to users who provide crypto assets to a DeFi platform, and often come with benefits when it comes to staking and yield farming.

Raydium (RAY): A Solana DEX and DeFi Ecosystem

Raydium is a Solana-based decentralized exchange, automated market maker, money market, and token launchpad platform.

Orca (ORCA): A DEX for People, Not Programs

Orca is a user-friendly Solana DEX and concentrated liquidity AMM that onboards newcomers to the quickly-evolving DeFi space with ease.