Skip to main content

Current status

Bolt’s LP program is being expanded. Specific fee rates and deposit terms are being finalized. Contact the team for current details.

The problem with traditional LP

Traditional AMMs ask liquidity providers to do two jobs at once: discover prices and provide settlement capital. To do that, LPs deposit paired assets into pools where pricing is determined by a bonding curve. As markets move, the pool automatically rebalances its asset ratio, leaving LPs with more of the depreciating asset. This is , which for volatile pairs is estimated to cost 5–11% per year. Because capital is responsible for both pricing and settlement, LPs also manage price ranges, absorb rebalancing costs, and keep capital locked in the pool regardless of whether it is actively settling trades.

Why there is no impermanent loss

In traditional AMMs, the pool rebalances through the pricing curve. When the price of an asset moves, the pool ratio shifts and LPs absorb the difference. The curve is the pricing mechanism, and impermanent loss is the cost of that mechanism. In Bolt, pricing is decided upstream. The pool settles at the convergence price, not at a curve-derived price. Directional exposure is hedged externally. The assets in the pool do not rebalance based on price movement. They cycle through the settlement-hedging loop. Traditional AMMs pay LPs to do two jobs at once: price the market and provide settlement capital. Bolt separates those responsibilities. The Convergence Engine prices the market. LP capital settles trades. Once capital no longer has to discover price, it can be deployed far more efficiently.
In Bolt, LPs are no longer being paid to price markets. They’re being paid to settle markets.

How Bolt LP works

In Bolt’s architecture, pools are settlement infrastructure. Pricing is decided upstream by the . Pools execute trades against the committed price. This changes what liquidity providers are paid to do.
1

Deposit

Make a deposit into an pool. No paired asset requirement. No price range to configure. Deposit your chosen asset(s) and your capital is ready to settle swaps.
2

Settlement

Deposited liquidity settles swaps at the . Every settled swap generates fees. You earn proportionally to the volume settled through your capital.
3

Hedging

Directional market exposure is managed through hedging infrastructure rather than passed to LPs.
4

Fee accrual

Fees accrue on every swap settled through your liquidity. No impermanent loss. No rebalancing cost. Capital stays in the pool and generates fees from every trade it settles.

Comparison


Capital Efficiency

How convergence pricing decouples execution quality from capital depth.

Contact the Team

Current details on LP participation and fee structures.