How to sell large amounts of VIRTUAL without crashing the price
Selling $50,000 of VIRTUAL in a single swap currently loses about 30.9% to price impact. Slicr captures most of that back — a median +44.8% improvement over the instant swap, about $13,661 more in your wallet on a $50K order — by splitting the sale into time-weighted slices and letting the pool recover between them.
Why instant swaps cost you on VIRTUAL
VIRTUAL trades against a pool with a median active depth of around $149,000. When you submit a $50K market sell, the AMM has to walk the curve a long way to fill your order. The further it walks, the worse your price gets — and the difference is what you “lose” to price impact.
Across 40,906,680 VIRTUAL swaps we analyzed on Base, instant sellers collectively left an estimated $93M on the table. The pool recovers within minutes after each large swap — sellers just don't wait for that recovery.
What Slicr does differently
Slicr deposits your VIRTUAL into a non-custodial on-chain vault and executes the sale in smaller slices over a duration you choose. Between slices, the pool replenishes from arbitrage flow and natural buy pressure, so each subsequent slice gets a price closer to the mid-market.
Every slice enforces on-chain minPrice and maxPrice guards. A bot can't sandwich a slice that would print worse than your guard — the transaction reverts. You can cancel the order and withdraw the unfilled balance at any time; Slicr never takes custody.
How much you save
| Order size | TWAP improvement | Median saving |
|---|---|---|
| $5K | +4.5% | +$273 |
| $25K | +22.4% | +$4,235 |
| $50K | +44.8% | +$13,661 |
| $100K | +84.2% | +$38,661 |
Median across all simulated VIRTUAL sells on Base. Slicr fee: 30 bps on token received.
Read the full analysis
We analyzed 40,906,680 VIRTUAL swaps across Uniswap V3 and Aerodrome on Base. Read the VIRTUAL research report →
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