Liquidity Subsidization

Definition ∞ Liquidity subsidization involves providing incentives to encourage participation in a market, thereby increasing the availability of assets for trading. This practice aims to attract liquidity providers, ensuring smoother trading conditions and reduced price slippage. It often involves distributing rewards or offering preferential terms.
Context ∞ In decentralized finance, liquidity subsidization is a common strategy employed by protocols to bootstrap and maintain sufficient trading volume on their platforms. Yield farming and liquidity mining programs distribute governance tokens or other rewards to users who supply assets to liquidity pools. The long-term sustainability of these incentive structures and their impact on token valuations remain ongoing points of analysis.