AMM (Automated Market Maker)
A type of exchange that lets people trade tokens against a pool of funds using a mathematical formula to set prices, rather than matching individual buyers and sellers. Instead of an order book, an AMM is like a self-service currency-changing machine whose exchange rate adjusts automatically as the pool's balances shift.
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