# **Meteora: Make Solana Liquid Again** Welcome to Meteora! Our mission is to build the most secure, sustainable and composable liquidity layer for all of Solana and DeFi! By using Meteora’s DLMM, Dynamic AMM Pools, and Dynamic Vaults, liquidity providers can earn the best fees and yield on their capital. This would help transform Solana into the ultimate trading hub for mainstream users in crypto by driving sustainable, long-term liquidity to the platform. Join us at Meteora to shape Solana's future as the go-to destination for all crypto participants. ### **Solana as DeFi's trading hub** Solana is best positioned to become the preferred trading hub in DeFi due to its speed, low fees, and scalability. It runs on a single state machine, which means that it is not fragmented between many L2 systems. This allows liquidity and systems built on top of Solana to work seamlessly together. Currently, Solana's lack of liquidity poses a significant obstacle to user adoption and growth. Meteora aims to address this challenge and drive substantial liquidity to Solana, fostering its widespread adoption and robust growth. ### **Why Liquidity on Solana is Important** 1. **Facilitating Essential Functions**\: Deep liquidity for key tokens like SOL enables smooth liquidation and minimizes bad debt risks within the ecosystem. 2. **Attracting Users from Other Chains**\: Deep liquidity for wrapped tokens (e.g., BTC, ETH, ARB) on Solana allows users to bridge assets across chains, attracting users from other blockchain networks. 3. **Boosting Trading Activity**\: Introducing new ecosystem tokens like Bonk enhances trading options, stimulating activity and liquidity on Solana. ### **Product Overview** Meteora leverages sustainable and efficient DeFi products to enhance liquidity on the Solana network: 1. **DLMM Pools:** DLMM (Dynamic Liquidity Market Maker) gives LPs access to dynamic fees and precise liquidity concentration all in real-time, with the flexibility to select their preferred volatility strategy. 2. **Dynamic AMM Pools:** LPs can earn additional yield by utilizing lending sources alongside traditional swap fees, enhancing their returns. 3. **Dynamic Vaults:** These optimize capital utilization by distributing assets to lending pools, generating yields for liquidity providers (LPs). 4. **Multitoken Stable Pools:** These pools efficiently combine liquidity from multiple assets into a single pool, enabling LPs to diversify their holdings and optimize capital utilization. 5. **Non-Pegged Stable Pools:** Tailored for non-pegged assets, these pools maintain the pegged value of assets within the pool, promoting maximum capital efficiency. By implementing these innovative liquidity solutions, Meteora aims to foster a thriving ecosystem on Solana and establish Solana as the ultimate trading hub in DeFi. ### **Meteora's Approach to Driving Liquidity to Solana** We are taking a multi-pronged approach to driving liquidity to Solana.  Firstly, we are focused on constructing sustainable and efficient DeFi protocols that will facilitate long-term liquidity. Secondly, we will establish a decentralized, transparent, and trusted system, underpinned by a supportive community. Lastly, we are forging partnerships with long-term liquidity providers (LPs) who are motivated to contribute liquidity to Meteora and Solana in both the immediate and long term. ### **Upcoming Steps** The following section outlines the important next steps to bring us towards our goal of making Solana liquid again.  #### **1\. Kickstart: Establishing DAO and Governance** In this phase, we will establish the DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) and governance system for Meteora. Additionally, we will release the locked MET token to our initial stakeholders, who are the supportive Mercurial token holders. These stakeholders have been instrumental in shaping our strategy and plans and we want them to play an important role in the next phase of Meteora where they can vote for important decisions like our token plan as well as pool emissions. This phase is important to help make our project decentralized and transparent - key principals to building trust for attracting liquidity and partner projects to build on top of our systems. #### **2\. Bootstrap: Incentivizing Partners and LPs** Working alongside the DAO, we will design incentive systems to encourage partners and liquidity providers (LPs) to contribute initial and long-term liquidity on Meteora and Solana. For example, partners providing initial liquidity will have the opportunity to acquire a stake in Meteora through locked MET tokens. #### **3\. Sustain: Researching Sustainable Liquidity Systems** We will continue researching and building sustainable liquidity systems such that even after the initial common liquidity mining incentive stage is over, there are other forms of incentives to attract and sustain liquidity. Our focus includes exploring Concentrated Liquidity and Market Making (CLMM) pools, which enhance price discovery, reduce slippage for traders and enable yield with fewer tokens deposited. These efforts ensure ongoing liquidity and support the long-term success of Meteora and Solana.