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DeFi Primitives

Liquidity mechanisms, NFT bond markets, and AMM pricing infrastructure — especially for locked or illiquid token positions.

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Bond Marketplace AMMBond NFTsClaim TokensDiscount CurvesLocked Token LiquidityNFT BondsToken LockingUniswap v4 HooksVestingZero-Coupon Bonds

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Jun 2025
NFT Bonds & Uniswap Hooks
Writing
While designing the Signals Protocol, we decided it would be important to offer some sort of “rage quit” mechanism in which supporters who had locked up tokens could exit the system early without defeating the purpose of the token lock. We were then accepted into the Uniswap Hooks Incubator, and decided it was the perfect place to explore this concept. What if the tokens locked in a Signals Board could take the form of an NFT, and be traded on an AMM? If we could create an NFT that represente...
NFT BondsUniswap v4 HooksZero-Coupon BondsToken LockingBond Marketplace AMM
Jan 2025
Harbor
Work
Harbor creates secondary markets for time-locked token positions. An escrow absorbs bond NFTs and mints a fungible ERC-20 claim token, giving formerly illiquid positions access to deep liquidity on any existing DEX without weakening issuer-enforced lock semantics.
VestingLocked Token LiquidityBond NFTsClaim TokensDiscount Curves
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