Characterizing Path-Independent Fees: A Route to Zero Impermanent Loss in CPMMs
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| author | Voronin, Andrey Vlasov, Roman Gorgadze, Vladimir Seoev, Andrey Yanovich, Yury |
| author_facet | Voronin, Andrey Vlasov, Roman Gorgadze, Vladimir Seoev, Andrey Yanovich, Yury |
| contents | Constant Product Market Makers use fees that are typically fixed proportions of trade size. When these fees are automatically reinvested into the pool, as in Uniswap~V2 and some designs of Uniswap V4, the final state after a trade can depend on how the trade is split into smaller transactions. This path dependence complicates the risk assessment for liquidity providers and affects composability guarantees. We characterize the functional class of fee structures that ensure path independence: the combined fee factor must depend only on the current pool invariant k=xy. For this class, we derive a system of ordinary differential equations governing pool dynamics and obtain a closed-form integral exchange formula. Within this class, we construct a parametric family of fee functions that achieve zero Impermanent Loss for a given initial pool state, and prove that no universal fee function can eliminate Impermanent Loss for all initial states simultaneously. We analyze implications for arbitrage windows and slippage, and validate our theory through controlled simulations. Our framework provides protocol designers with a principled approach to fee optimization that aligns liquidity provider and trader incentives while preserving composability. |
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| spellingShingle | Characterizing Path-Independent Fees: A Route to Zero Impermanent Loss in CPMMs Voronin, Andrey Vlasov, Roman Gorgadze, Vladimir Seoev, Andrey Yanovich, Yury Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science Constant Product Market Makers use fees that are typically fixed proportions of trade size. When these fees are automatically reinvested into the pool, as in Uniswap~V2 and some designs of Uniswap V4, the final state after a trade can depend on how the trade is split into smaller transactions. This path dependence complicates the risk assessment for liquidity providers and affects composability guarantees. We characterize the functional class of fee structures that ensure path independence: the combined fee factor must depend only on the current pool invariant k=xy. For this class, we derive a system of ordinary differential equations governing pool dynamics and obtain a closed-form integral exchange formula. Within this class, we construct a parametric family of fee functions that achieve zero Impermanent Loss for a given initial pool state, and prove that no universal fee function can eliminate Impermanent Loss for all initial states simultaneously. We analyze implications for arbitrage windows and slippage, and validate our theory through controlled simulations. Our framework provides protocol designers with a principled approach to fee optimization that aligns liquidity provider and trader incentives while preserving composability. |
| title | Characterizing Path-Independent Fees: A Route to Zero Impermanent Loss in CPMMs |
| topic | Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.28017 |