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The Kitten Cartel is a strategic partnership program that creates a positive flywheel for liquidity by incentivizing partner protocols to participate in the Kittenswap ecosystem.

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How It Works

When a protocol joins the Cartel and bribes their pool on Kittenswap:
  1. Bribery: Partner protocols provide bribes to incentivize liquidity providers
  2. Reward: The treasury distributes veKITTEN tokens to the partner protocol
  3. Amount: The veKITTEN reward is proportional to the bribe amount
  4. Flywheel Effect: This creates a sustainable cycle of liquidity and protocol growth

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Benefits for Partner Protocols

  • Earn veKITTEN: Receive governance tokens from the treasury based on bribe contributions
  • Enhanced Liquidity: Bribes attract more liquidity providers to your pool
  • Protocol Growth: Increased liquidity leads to better trading conditions and volume
  • Governance Rights: Earned veKITTEN provides voting power in Kittenswap governance

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Benefits for Kittenswap

  • Increased Liquidity: More protocols bribing means more total liquidity
  • Treasury Utilization: Strategic distribution of veKITTEN to valuable partners
  • Ecosystem Growth: Attracts high-quality protocols to the platform
  • Sustainable Model: Creates long-term incentives for protocol participation

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The Positive Flywheel

The Kitten Cartel creates a self-reinforcing cycle:
  1. Partner protocols bribe their pools to attract liquidity
  2. Treasury rewards them with veKITTEN proportional to their bribe
  3. More veKITTEN means more governance power and potential future rewards
  4. This incentivizes larger bribes and attracts more protocols
  5. Increased participation leads to more liquidity and better trading conditions
  6. Better conditions attract more users and volume, benefiting all participants
This mechanism ensures that protocols that contribute to Kittenswap’s success are rewarded with long term ownership, creating a sustainable and mutually beneficial ecosystem.