Glue transforms how we think about holding crypto assets. When you hold a sticky token or NFT, you're not just betting on market sentiment - you own a claim on real, locked assets. This backing creates a mathematical price floor that can't go away. Even if the market price drops, you can always burn your tokens to claim your share of the backing.
What makes this truly powerful is how backing grows naturally. Every time the project generates revenue, every trading fee earned, every royalty collected can strengthen the backing. Your tokens become more valuable not just through market hype, but through actual business success. The project's achievements directly increase the real value you can claim.
Sticky assets offer unique protection against market volatility. While unbacked tokens can crash to near zero during market panics, sticky tokens always maintain their backed value. This isn't just theory - it's mathematics. If the market price falls below the backed value, you can always burn tokens to claim more value in backing than you paid.
This creates something unprecedented in crypto: assets that combine unlimited upside with protected downside. The market price can still rise with hype and adoption, but it can't fall below the backed value without creating instant arbitrage opportunities. You get the best of both worlds - speculation potential with real value protection.
For traders and arbitrage bots, sticky tokens create an entirely new form of predictable yield. Whenever market price drops below backed value, an opportunity emerges. You can:
This isn't complex arbitrage requiring special knowledge or tools. The backed value is transparent and mathematical. When price drops below it, profit opportunities are guaranteed by the protocol's design. This creates natural buy pressure exactly when tokens need it most - during market stress.
Glue sets a new standard for decentralization in DeFi. The protocol has: