$NOVA nova-amm NOVA-WETH pool on ethereum. defillama says 21.6% apy. real story: 0% base yield from fees, 43.2% from token rewards. the 21.6% is an average that hides this.
trigger is reward_only_pool. tvl $39k. no fee revenue means it runs entirely on nova emissions. if those stop or tokens unlock, apy hits zero.
risks: reward token crash, emissions cuts, impermanent loss on thin weth pair with no fee buffer.
would you touch a pool with zero base yield?
full digest: https://falsifylab.substack.com/p/alpha-signal-nova-lp-analytics-on-b4d
#DeFiYield #OnchainAlpha
https://falsifylab.substack.com/p/alpha-signal-nova-lp-analytics-on-b4d #defi #crypto #yield #quant #alpha
research only. not advice. DYOR.
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