UNIT App

Liquidity

Overview

Liquidity is where you put a pair of assets into a pool so other people can trade between them — and earn a share of the fees for doing it.

Two tabs: Add Liquidity and Remove Liquidity.

The Liquidity page for UNITCOIN. A label reads MARKETS, NATIVE ASSET, ID 0. A SELECT POOL card shows the UNITCOIN / USDU pool with its TVL, a 24-hour APR of 5.00% and the number of participants. Add Liquidity and Remove Liquidity tabs sit above a panel headed "Supply Liquidity" reading "Add a pair of assets in equal value." Two supply fields, one for each side of the pair, each show the account balance and a MAX control, separated by the words PAIRED WITH. Beneath, the exchange rate between the two assets and the share of the pool are given, above an Add Liquidity control. A POOL SUMMARY panel lists Live Pool Reserves for both assets, Your Position in dollars and as a percentage, Fees Earned over 24 hours, 24-hour Volume, and the rate in both directions. The account pill is blurred.
Liquidity — supplying a pair, with the pool position alongside The Liquidity page

What You Can See

Select pool

A token can have more than one pool, so you choose the pair first. Each shows TVL (total value locked), APR (24H) and participants — depth, return and how many people are in it.

Supply liquidity

The instruction is the important part: "add a pair of assets in equal value." You are not depositing one thing — you are supplying both sides, matched by value.

The two supply fields
One per asset, each with your balance and a MAX control, joined by PAIRED WITH.
The rate
What one asset is worth in the other, so you can see the ratio you are supplying at.
Your share of pool
What proportion of the pool you would hold. This is what your fee earnings are proportional to.

Pool summary

Live Pool Reserves
How much of each asset the pool holds right now.
Your Position
What your share is worth, in dollars and as a percentage.
Fees Earned (24H)
What your position has earned in the last day.
Volume (24h)
How much trading went through. Fees come from volume, so a pool with none earns nothing however large it is.

Before You Begin

  • Both assets in the pair, in roughly equal value. One alone is not enough.
  • Enough left for the fee.
  • An understanding that your position moves. A pool holds a changing mix as people trade, so what you withdraw later is not necessarily what you put in.

How to Use This Screen

Add liquidity

  1. Open the token and select Liquidity.
  2. Choose a pool, reading its TVL, APR and participants.
  3. Stay on Add Liquidity.
  4. Enter an amount for one side. Supply the paired asset to match in value.
  5. Check your share of pool — that is your claim on future fees.
  6. Select Add Liquidity, then review and sign.

Judge whether a pool is worth joining

  1. Read APR (24H) — but do not stop there.
  2. Read Volume (24h). Fees come from trading, and a pool with no volume pays nothing.
  3. Read TVL and participants — a large share of a small pool is a different proposition from a small share of a deep one.
  4. Check Fees Earned (24H) against an existing position for what the rate means in practice.

Remove liquidity

  1. Select the Remove Liquidity tab.
  2. Check Your Position for what it is currently worth.
  3. Choose how much to withdraw.
  4. Review and sign. Both sides of the pair come back, in the pool's current ratio.

What Happens Next

Supplied assets leave your wallet and become a share of the pool. From then on you earn a proportion of the trading fees, and your position changes as the pool's mix changes.

Removing returns both assets — in whatever ratio the pool holds at that moment, which will not be the ratio you supplied at.

Tips

  • Read volume before APR. A rate with no trading behind it is theoretical.
  • You supply both sides. Have the pair ready before you start.
  • Your share is what earns. It is the number to watch, not the amount.
  • What you withdraw will not be the same mix you deposited — that is how pools work, not a fault.
  • Compare Fees Earned (24H) with your position size for the real return.

Related Screens

Frequently Asked Questions

Why do I have to supply two assets?
A pool exists to trade between a pair, so it needs both sides. The screen asks for them "in equal value."
How do I earn?
A share of the trading fees, proportional to your share of the pool.
Will I get back exactly what I put in?
Not necessarily. You withdraw your share of the pool as it stands then, in its current ratio.
What is TVL?
Total value locked — how much the pool holds altogether.
Why is APR high but fees earned nothing?
Because fees come from volume. Check Volume (24h).
Is this the same as staking?
No. Staking commits one token for a set rate; liquidity supplies a pair and earns from trading.

Troubleshooting

Add Liquidity will not proceed
Check you have both assets, that the amounts match in value, and that you can cover the fee.
My position is worth less than I supplied
A pool's mix changes as people trade. Read Your Position for the current value.
I earned no fees
Check Volume (24h). No trading means no fees.
I cannot find the pool I want
Use Select pool — a token may have several, and it may have none.