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Toxicity Bounds for Dynamic Liquidation Incentives

Risk Management 2025-10-14 v1

Abstract

We derive a slippage-aware toxicity condition for on-chain liquidations executed via a constant-product automated market maker (CP-AMM). For a fixed (constant) liquidation incentive ii, the familiar toxicity frontier ν<1/(1+i)\nu < 1/(1+i) tightens to ν<1/((1+i)λ)\nu < 1/((1+i)\lambda) for a liquidity penalty factor λ\lambda that we derive for both the CP-AMM and a generalised form. Using a dynamic health-linked liquidation incentive i(h)=i(1h)i(h) = i(1 - h), we obtain a state-dependent bound and, at the liquidation boundary, a liquidity-depth-only condition ν<1/λ\nu < 1/\lambda. This reconciles dynamic incentives with the impact of the CP-AMM price and clarifies when dynamic liquidation incentives reduce versus exacerbate spiral risk.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2510.10171,
  title  = {Toxicity Bounds for Dynamic Liquidation Incentives},
  author = {Alexander McFarlane},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.10171},
  year   = {2025}
}
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