Impermanent loss happens when the price of your token changes after you deposit it in the liquidity pool . From the above example, if the price of ETH goes up to $200, you’ll now be looking at a 1 ETH per 200 DAI exchange rate.
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However, had you never added your ETH and USDT to the pool, you’d have 1 ETH worth $400 and 100 USDT worth $100. It’s a kind of opportunity cost . It’s called impermanent loss because if you don’t withdraw and the ratio in the pool returns, you won’t have lost anything.
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