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Protocol-Owned Liquidity

Liquidity that a protocol owns directly instead of renting it through yield farming incentives.

Definition

Liquidity that a protocol owns directly instead of renting it through yield farming incentives. Olympus DAO popularized this concept with its bonding mechanism, where users trade LP tokens for discounted protocol tokens. The idea is that owned liquidity is more sustainable than mercenary liquidity.

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