Impermanent loss (IL) is the risk that liquidity providers take in exchange for fees they earn in liquidity pools . If IL exceeds fees earned by a user when they withdraw, it means the user has suffered negative returns compared with simply holding their tokens outside the pool.
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In the simplest terms, impermanent loss occurs when you deposit assets into a pool and suffer a loss when you withdraw them at a later date compared to just holding these assets throughout this period. As such, you don’t actually have to lose money for impermanent loss to occur .
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An important starting point for the in-depth studies was the realization that the risk of impermanent loss can be reduced by minimizing divergence in tokens pair prices . If prices between tokens remain constant for AMM, liquidity providers can trade with less fear of losing their funds.
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Bancor introduces new staking pools and instant impermanent loss protection. Bancor 3 will feature instant impermanent loss (IL) protection, an unlimited deposit staking pool and an Omnipool offering a share of fees generated from the entire platform .
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Impermanent loss If the value of one token in a pair changes, the ratio of tokens in the pool will be altered. This can result in users withdrawing from the pool with more of one token than the other. This could ultimately result in a loss depending on how the market moves.
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The threat of Impermanent Loss comes when there is a sizeable change in the price of one or both assets staked by the farmers into a liquidity pool . When it happens, oftentimes the loss outweighs the reward they receive from fees. When you stake CAKE as an individual asset in any of the eligible pools on pancakeswap.
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Liquidity pool impermanent loss happens when the price of a token increases or decreases after you deposit them in a liquidity pool . This change is considered a loss when the dollar value of your token at the time of your withdrawal becomes less than its amount at the time of deposit.
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