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Autores principales: González, Agustín Muñoz, Sequeira, Juan I., Illera, Rafael Orive
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Publicado: 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.09180
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author González, Agustín Muñoz
Sequeira, Juan I.
Illera, Rafael Orive
author_facet González, Agustín Muñoz
Sequeira, Juan I.
Illera, Rafael Orive
contents In this work, we present an application of the probabilistic weak formulation of mean field games (MFG) for modeling liquidity pools in a constant product automated market maker (AMM) protocol in the context of decentralized finance. Our work extends one of the most conventional applications of MFG, which is the price impact model in an order book, by incorporating an AMM instead of a traditional order book. The key structural difference is that in the AMM setting, the price is determined by the pool's reserves through a nonlinear mechanism, replacing the linear price-impact function used in classical models. Through our approach, we establish the existence of solutions to the Mean Field Game and, additionally, the existence of approximate Nash equilibria for the finite-player game. We complement the theoretical results with a comprehensive numerical study that validates the equilibrium structure: stability under perturbations, the $\varepsilon$-Nash property via unilateral deviations, finite-player convergence at propagation-of-chaos rates, and sensitivity to cost parameters and incentive targets. These results offer a new game-theoretic perspective for representing strategic behavior in AMM-based liquidity pools and open promising opportunities for future research in this emerging field.
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spellingShingle A New Framework for Modelling Liquidity Pools as Mean Field Games
González, Agustín Muñoz
Sequeira, Juan I.
Illera, Rafael Orive
Optimization and Control
Dynamical Systems
In this work, we present an application of the probabilistic weak formulation of mean field games (MFG) for modeling liquidity pools in a constant product automated market maker (AMM) protocol in the context of decentralized finance. Our work extends one of the most conventional applications of MFG, which is the price impact model in an order book, by incorporating an AMM instead of a traditional order book. The key structural difference is that in the AMM setting, the price is determined by the pool's reserves through a nonlinear mechanism, replacing the linear price-impact function used in classical models. Through our approach, we establish the existence of solutions to the Mean Field Game and, additionally, the existence of approximate Nash equilibria for the finite-player game. We complement the theoretical results with a comprehensive numerical study that validates the equilibrium structure: stability under perturbations, the $\varepsilon$-Nash property via unilateral deviations, finite-player convergence at propagation-of-chaos rates, and sensitivity to cost parameters and incentive targets. These results offer a new game-theoretic perspective for representing strategic behavior in AMM-based liquidity pools and open promising opportunities for future research in this emerging field.
title A New Framework for Modelling Liquidity Pools as Mean Field Games
topic Optimization and Control
Dynamical Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.09180