4.3.1 ARK POL Module | Protocol-Owned Liquidity

"We no longer rent the market, we are the market."

In ARK's economic system, the POL (Protocol-Owned Liquidity) module serves as the liquidity arsenal owned and controlled by the protocol itself.

It forms the essential foundation that enables each ARK token to maintain stable trading, depth, and resistance to manipulation.

Rather than relying on external market makers or temporary incentive subsidies, POL allows the protocol to form LPs through bond deposits and lock these LPs on-chain as long-term protocol assets.

Through this approach, ARK can maintain the following in any market scenario:

• Predictable trading depth

• Stable price slippage

• Resilience against short-term arbitrage