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Tarun Chitra, Guillermo Angeris, Alex Evans

March 1, 2021

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Key Takeaways

This paper presents a method for constructing Constant Function Market Makers (CFMMs) whose portfolio value functions match a desired payoff.

More specifically it shows that the space of concave, nonnegative, nondecreasing, 1-homogeneous payoff functions and the space of convex CFMMs are equivalent.

This method uses only basic tools from convex analysis and is intimately related to Fenchel conjugacy, and the paper demonstrates the result by constructing trading functions corresponding to basic payoffs, as well as standard financial derivatives such as options and swaps.

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Key Takeaways

This paper presents a method for constructing Constant Function Market Makers (CFMMs) whose portfolio value functions match a desired payoff.

More specifically it shows that the space of concave, nonnegative, nondecreasing, 1-homogeneous payoff functions and the space of convex CFMMs are equivalent.

This method uses only basic tools from convex analysis and is intimately related to Fenchel conjugacy, and the paper demonstrates the result by constructing trading functions corresponding to basic payoffs, as well as standard financial derivatives such as options and swaps.

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Public companies and institutional treasuries are recognizing that the onchain economy offers capital efficiency with greater transparency and control through non-custodial systems. DeFi vaults have created a path for TradFi to access DeFi opportunities, backed by rigorous risk management and robust security.

BTCS joins leading institutions worldwide that deploy capital to Gauntlet Vaults and rely on our risk models. Read more about our institutional collaborations on VaultBook.

Public companies and institutional treasuries are recognizing that the onchain economy offers capital efficiency with greater transparency and control through non-custodial systems. DeFi vaults have created a path for TradFi to access DeFi opportunities, backed by rigorous risk management and robust security.

BTCS joins leading institutions worldwide that deploy capital to Gauntlet Vaults and rely on our risk models. Read more about our institutional collaborations on VaultBook.

Public companies and institutional treasuries are recognizing that the onchain economy offers capital efficiency with greater transparency and control through non-custodial systems. DeFi vaults have created a path for TradFi to access DeFi opportunities, backed by rigorous risk management and robust security.

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Public companies and institutional treasuries are recognizing that the onchain economy offers capital efficiency with greater transparency and control through non-custodial systems. DeFi vaults have created a path for TradFi to access DeFi opportunities, backed by rigorous risk management and robust security.

BTCS joins leading institutions worldwide that deploy capital to Gauntlet Vaults and rely on our risk models. Read more about our institutional collaborations on VaultBook.

Public companies and institutional treasuries are recognizing that the onchain economy offers capital efficiency with greater transparency and control through non-custodial systems. DeFi vaults have created a path for TradFi to access DeFi opportunities, backed by rigorous risk management and robust security.

BTCS joins leading institutions worldwide that deploy capital to Gauntlet Vaults and rely on our risk models. Read more about our institutional collaborations on VaultBook.

Public companies and institutional treasuries are recognizing that the onchain economy offers capital efficiency with greater transparency and control through non-custodial systems. DeFi vaults have created a path for TradFi to access DeFi opportunities, backed by rigorous risk management and robust security.

BTCS joins leading institutions worldwide that deploy capital to Gauntlet Vaults and rely on our risk models. Read more about our institutional collaborations on VaultBook.

Public companies and institutional treasuries are recognizing that the onchain economy offers capital efficiency with greater transparency and control through non-custodial systems. DeFi vaults have created a path for TradFi to access DeFi opportunities, backed by rigorous risk management and robust security.

BTCS joins leading institutions worldwide that deploy capital to Gauntlet Vaults and rely on our risk models. Read more about our institutional collaborations on VaultBook.

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Public companies and institutional treasuries are recognizing that the onchain economy offers capital efficiency with greater transparency and control through non-custodial systems. DeFi vaults have created a path for TradFi to access DeFi opportunities, backed by rigorous risk management and robust security.

BTCS joins leading institutions worldwide that deploy capital to Gauntlet Vaults and rely on our risk models. Read more about our institutional collaborations on VaultBook.

Public companies and institutional treasuries are recognizing that the onchain economy offers capital efficiency with greater transparency and control through non-custodial systems. DeFi vaults have created a path for TradFi to access DeFi opportunities, backed by rigorous risk management and robust security.

BTCS joins leading institutions worldwide that deploy capital to Gauntlet Vaults and rely on our risk models. Read more about our institutional collaborations on VaultBook.

Public companies and institutional treasuries are recognizing that the onchain economy offers capital efficiency with greater transparency and control through non-custodial systems. DeFi vaults have created a path for TradFi to access DeFi opportunities, backed by rigorous risk management and robust security.

BTCS joins leading institutions worldwide that deploy capital to Gauntlet Vaults and rely on our risk models. Read more about our institutional collaborations on VaultBook.

Institutions are moving onchain with Gauntlet

Public companies and institutional treasuries are recognizing that the onchain economy offers capital efficiency with greater transparency and control through non-custodial systems. DeFi vaults have created a path for TradFi to access DeFi opportunities, backed by rigorous risk management and robust security.

BTCS joins leading institutions worldwide that deploy capital to Gauntlet Vaults and rely on our risk models. Read more about our institutional collaborations on VaultBook.

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