Bancor releases no-liquidation lending with Vortex as AMMs continue diversifi...
Bancor introduced a complex but useful lending and token burn mechanic through its vBNT token. Automated market maker exchange Bancor has rolled out a new mechanism that allows users to increase their capital efficiency while providing liquidity in its pools.Called Vortex, the solution allows users providing liquidity in BNT, Bancor’s utility token, to borrow funds while continuing to obtain yield from swap fees.The Vortex mechanism reworks the existing mechanism of vBNT, a special version of the BNT token that entitles users to participate in governance. The voting token is automatically....
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There ain't no such thing as a free lunch, however. Bancor is updating its protocol once more to defeat the insidious issue of impermanent loss, which it earlier called “DeFi’s dirty little secret.”Impermanent loss, also called divergence loss, affects exchanges based on automated market makers like Bancor or Uniswap. It happens when the prices of two assets in a liquidity pool diverge significantly, with one side going strongly up or down in value.The effect translates to a loss of value compared to a benchmark “buy and hold” portfolio. Liquidity providers (LP) may take out less money....
The price of BNT, the native token of the Bancor protocol, spiked by 86% in two days. The price of BNT, the native token of Bancor, surged 86% in merely two days from $1.02 to $1.919. The rally was fueled by a combination of Coinbase listing BNT and the growing volume of Bancor’s DEX.The Coinbase listing was the primary catalyst behind BNT’s strong 48-hour rally. Almost immediately after its announcement, the token’s price increased by around 16% after spiking to as high as $3.70. Coinbase said on Dec. 16:“Starting today, Coinbase supports Aave (AAVE), Bancor (BNT), and Synthetix (SNX) at....