DPI Liquidity Mining Update

William X

Aug 11 | 2 min read

DPI Liquidity Mining Update

As a tool for incentivizing large amounts of liquidity or AUM, liquidity mining (LM) has been a vital aspect of DeFi. While some protocols allow for extended token emission via LM, many others use it to bootstrap AUM. Large onchain DEX liquidity for our product allows more buying options and helps the DPI price stay close to the Net Asset Value (NAV). However, direct liquidity mining for DPI is a significant expense for Index Coop.

As there are now multiple established liquidity pools for DPI:ETH, Index Coop is in a position to reduce INDEX emissions by stopping the liquidity mining on the Uniswap v2 pool. As a consequence we expect AUM in this pool to drop and for some trade volume to move to other DPI:ETH pools.

What does this mean for DPI holders / traders?

There should be very little difference for DPI holders. Use of a trade aggregator is still recommended to get the best price at any particular time and direct exchange issuance via the Tokensets website may be better for large purchases.

What does this mean for Liquidity providers who are currently staked and earning INDEX?

Staking rewards will end by the 13th of August, 2021, at which point you can unstake and claim all the INDEX tokens due to you.

You then have a few options:

Stay in the Uniswap v2 pool — this may have tax advantages for some LP’s.

Migrate to Uniswap v3 pool with tight limits — expected to capture higher fee income, but requires more attention and risks higher impermanent loss (IL)

Migrate to the Uniswap v3 pool with wide limits — expected to be low attention and less IL, but lower fee income.

Migrate to Sushiswap on the mainnet or Polygon.

Migrate to a Balancer pool on mainnet or Polygon.

Stop being a LP and use your ETH and DPI in

Which option is best for me?

No one knows, as it depends on what other LP’s decide to do, and how much trade volume each pool captures in the future. Furthermore, Index Coop can not provide direct advice.

Additional resources:

IIP 65: LM migration to Uni V3

Disclaimer: This content is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.

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DPI Liquidity Mining Update

William X