InitiaDEX

The Initia L1 DEX is the cornerstone of liquidity within the Initia ecosystem. It features a Balancer-style weighted pool for diverse asset pairs and a StableSwap pool for assets with closely correlated prices, ensuring an optimal trading experience across various asset types.

In addition to its role as a central source of liquidity for the ecosystem, the InitiaDEX is also a critical component that drives the growth, stability, and alignment of the entire Initia ecosystem. This is currently accomplished in two main ways:

• Enshrined Liquidity: Optimizing liquidity and chain security through allowing whitelisted InitiaDEX liquidity positions to be used as staking assets for the Initia L1.
• Minitswap Pool Type: A custom pool type designed to alleviate the friction and challenges posed by the long withdrawal times of optimistic bridges.

These two features are explored in more details in the following sections.