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DEX / AMM$BALTVL: $1B+
Balancer
About Balancer
Balancer is a flexible AMM that supports multi-asset pools with customisable weightings (not just 50/50). This allows index-like funds, portfolio rebalancing, and innovative pool designs. Balancer V2 introduced a single vault architecture for capital efficiency. The protocol powers many of DeFi's most complex liquidity strategies.
Key Features
- Multi-asset weighted pools (up to 8 tokens)
- Stable pools
- Boosted pools
- Single vault architecture
- Flash swaps
- Protocol fee distribution
- veBAL governance
- Composable pool designs
Risks
- Complex pool dynamics
- Smart contract risk
- Impermanent loss in weighted pools
- LP concentration risks
- Governance complexity
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