AUTOMATED MONEY MARKETS
Automated Money Markets (AMMs) have revolutionized the way decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms operate. AMMs are smart contracts that provide liquidity to a DeFi platform by allowing users to trade tokens without the need for an order book or centralized market maker. In a traditional market, a centralized authority sets the price of a token and matches buyers with sellers. This process is often slow, expensive, and prone to manipulation. With an AMM, the market maker role is automated, and the price of a token is determined by a mathematical algorithm based on the ratio of two assets in a liquidity pool. The liquidity pool is created by users who deposit tokens into a smart contract. In return for providing liquidity, users receive a proportional share of trading fees generated by the AMM. This incentivizes users to provide liquidity, and the pool size grows, increasing liquidity and reducing slippage. One of the most popular AMMs in the DeFi space is Uniswap, which uses an autom