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Week 7: Yield Farming and Liquidity Mining

Yield optimization strategies, impermanent loss, and risk management

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--- ## Learning Objectives

1. Calculate yield farming returns
2. Quantify impermanent loss
3. Evaluate yield strategies
4. Assess farming risks

## Topics Covered

Yield farming fundamentals Liquidity mining programs Impermanent loss calculation Yield aggregators Risk-adjusted returns

--- ## Resources

Lecture Slides

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Self-Assessment Quiz

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Yield Farming Simulation

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--- ## Required Readings

Paper	Authors	Year	Link
Liquidity Mining on Decentralized Exchanges	Heimbach et al.	2021	Link

--- ## Reading Guide: Reading Guide: Yield Farming Economics

2 hours Liquidity mining Impermanent loss Yield optimization

Analysis of yield farming strategies, impermanent loss, and the economics of liquidity mining.

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--- ## Exercise: Yield Farming Strategy Analysis

100 Points 4-5 hours hard

Calculate impermanent loss, analyze yield opportunities, and build a yield aggregator simulator.

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--- ## Discussion & Questions

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