A brief summary of Liquidity Pools

A liquidity pool is a collection of assets that are made available to be traded on a market. In the context of cryptocurrency, a liquidity pool is a pool of assets, such as Bitcoin or Ethereum, that are locked up and made available for trading on a decentralized exchange (DEX). The purpose of a liquidity pool is to provide sufficient depth and liquidity to the market, making it easier for traders to buy and sell assets at a fair price.

Liquidity pools are typically created and maintained by market makers, who are incentivized to provide liquidity by earning a small percentage of each trade that takes place in the pool. The liquidity providers can earn a yield on their assets by providing liquidity on decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms.

The liquidity pools are essential for the functioning of decentralized exchanges, because they allow traders to buy and sell assets without the need for a central intermediary. With liquidity pools, the exchange can match buy and sell orders, and provide price discovery for the assets being traded.

In summary, liquidity pools are pools of assets that are locked up and made available for trading on a decentralized exchange, providing traders with a deeper and more liquid market, and incentivizing liquidity providers to provide liquidity to the market.

IX Swap is the world’s first platform to provide regulatory-compliant liquidity pools, and automated market-making (AMM) functions for security tokens (STOs) and fractionalized NFTs (F-NFTs).