There are a few ways to earn passive income from your crypto holdings, including staking, crypto lending, yield farming, and decentralized finance (DeFi). As I write this, platforms like Aave (CRYPTO: AAVE) and Compound (CRYPTO: COMP) pay annual percentage yields (APYs) of 4.79% and 3.27%, respectively, on USD Coin (CRYPTO: USDC). Image source: Getty Images. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" pr ...

Despite broad market weakness and waves of forced liquidations across crypto, decentralized finance's total value locked (TVL) — or capital deposited on blockchains — has proven surprisingly resilient, a signal that traders are still seeking passive income through yields despite bearish sentiment flooding the crypto market. Over the past week, crypto majors BTC, ETH, XRP and SOL fell to multi-year lows, with ETH now losing 21% of its value over the past seven days alone. But that drop off didn't transla ...

hyperliquid absorbed $9.5b in hype unlocks with 0.41% price impact. platform generates $2m daily fees, more than ethereum mainnet. 100% of fees go to stakers earning 8-12% real yield. when your protocol makes $730m annualized revenue, unlocks become liquidity events not crashes. flowdesk took 609k tokens otc knowing they can offload to yield farmers not speculators. ...

eth+ on gearbox offers 50% apr at 13x leverage through one-click execution. reserve protocol packaged what only prop desks had access to. borrow 13 eth against 1 eth collateral and farm basis trades not ponzi emissions. xusd collapse sent $13.25b in fresh stablecoin mints looking for yield. gearbox curators like kpk_io prevent degens from overleveraging into garbage. the first protocol to democratize professional leverage infrastructure gets the capital rotation. ...

Overview - ShapeShift enables swapping into native BTC across different chains [1] - The company is discussing DeFi with ShapeShift, focusing on BTC routes [1] Liquidity & Trading - Liquidity is abundant in decentralized finance but often isolated [1] - Users frequently trade across various chains like Solana, BNB, Base, and Arbitrum [1] Technology & Innovation - BTC routes aim to connect chains and unlock real Bitcoin [1]

Got some new capital to deploy.Where’s the best place to farm yield on Starknet with STRK and BTC lads?Asking for a fren. https://t.co/aSGcobANl9 ...

DeFi Evolution - DeFi has evolved through yield farming, scaling, protocol-owned liquidity, and real-world assets [1] - Each stage of DeFi evolution promises attractive APY (Annual Percentage Yield) [1] Key Question - The industry questions whether DeFi needs higher yields or guaranteed, predictable execution [1]

Is 12 million Solstice flares a lot?Farming yield + future airdrop in up and down markets = compounding wealth. https://t.co/neefABZmXf ...

Market Sentiment - YieldBasis LPs preferred YB tokens over Bitcoin yield at a 92% rate on tBTC pools [1] - Presale buyers experienced a 350% increase at $066 [1] - LPs are staking their airdrop directly into pools instead of selling [1] Tokenomics - $800 million fought for $30 million of tokens in Binance Megadrop [1] - Season 2 will introduce an additional $150 million in tokens over 3-6 months [1] - The report suggests locking supply now to avoid dilution [1]

As a last thing - know there is *always* risk when it comes to depositing/locking stables to yield farm. That is a given.Don't put money in these that you can't afford to lose - crypto is still the wild west.My position sizing would be a bummer to lose but not catastrophic for me.I've spoken w/ the team and they have a multi-year track record of successful returns and have Solana support and a number of other ppl I trust on-board (and have a Xeet board for 1% of the token supply) so those are all good thing ...