A smart contract that automates a DeFi yield strategy on behalf of depositors. Users deposit tokens, receive vault shares, and the vault auto-compounds or rebalances. On Solana, Kamino (CLMM auto-rebalancing), Meteora (dynamic vaults), and Tulip offer vault products. Vaults simplify complex strategies like managing concentrated liquidity positions.
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A smart contract that automates a DeFi yield strategy on behalf of depositors. Users deposit tokens, receive vault shares, and the vault auto-compounds or rebalances. On Solana, Kamino (CLMM auto-rebalancing), Meteora (dynamic vaults), and Tulip offer vault products. Vaults simplify complex strategies like managing concentrated liquidity positions.
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Vault (vault) Category: DeFi Definition: A smart contract that automates a DeFi yield strategy on behalf of depositors. Users deposit tokens, receive vault shares, and the vault auto-compounds or rebalances. On Solana, Kamino (CLMM auto-rebalancing), Meteora (dynamic vaults), and Tulip offer vault products. Vaults simplify complex strategies like managing concentrated liquidity positions. Related: Yield Farming, Auto-Compounding
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The practice of deploying tokens across DeFi protocols to maximize returns through trading fees, lending interest, and token incentive rewards. Farmers often move capital between protocols chasing the highest APY. On Solana, common strategies include LP provision on Orca/Raydium, lending on Kamino/MarginFi, and staking LP tokens in reward farms.
The automatic reinvestment of earned yields (trading fees, farming rewards, interest) back into a DeFi position to generate compound returns. Instead of manually claiming and restaking rewards, auto-compounding vaults or protocols handle this continuously. On Solana, Kamino vaults and Meteora dynamic vaults auto-compound concentrated liquidity fees and incentive rewards for their depositors.
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A token distribution mechanism that gradually unlocks tokens to recipients over a predefined schedule rather than all at once. Vesting aligns long-term incentives for team members, investors, and advisors by preventing immediate selling. Typical vesting schedules on Solana range from 1-4 years. On-chain vesting programs (e.g., Streamflow, Bonfida) lock tokens in escrow accounts and release them according to the schedule.
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The practice of deploying tokens across DeFi protocols to maximize returns through trading fees, lending interest, and token incentive rewards. Farmers often move capital between protocols chasing the highest APY. On Solana, common strategies include LP provision on Orca/Raydium, lending on Kamino/MarginFi, and staking LP tokens in reward farms.
The automatic reinvestment of earned yields (trading fees, farming rewards, interest) back into a DeFi position to generate compound returns. Instead of manually claiming and restaking rewards, auto-compounding vaults or protocols handle this continuously. On Solana, Kamino vaults and Meteora dynamic vaults auto-compound concentrated liquidity fees and incentive rewards for their depositors.
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A protocol that enables token swaps using algorithmic pricing against pooled liquidity instead of matching individual buyers and sellers. AMMs use mathematical formulas (typically constant product x*y=k) to determine prices based on the ratio of tokens in a liquidity pool. On Solana, major AMMs include Raydium, Orca, and Meteora.
An AMM design where liquidity providers concentrate their capital within specific price ranges instead of across the full 0-to-infinity range. CLMMs dramatically improve capital efficiency—LPs earn more fees per dollar deposited within their active range. If the price moves outside the range, the position becomes inactive. Orca Whirlpools and Raydium CLMM are leading implementations on Solana.
A smart-contract-held reserve of two or more tokens that enables trading via an AMM. Users deposit token pairs in specified ratios to become liquidity providers and earn trading fees. Pools are identified by their token pair and fee tier. Pool depth (total value locked) determines price impact for trades.
A token issued to liquidity providers representing their proportional share of a pool's reserves and accrued fees. LP tokens can be burned to withdraw the underlying assets. The value of LP tokens changes as the pool's token ratios shift and fees accumulate. LP tokens are often stakeable in yield farming programs for additional rewards.