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US inflation rate rose to 6.8% in 2021, its highest since 1982. Traditional finance is paying 0.5% interest on your USD. Want a way out of this, leveraging DeFi and minimizing risk? The answer: stablecoins farming. Here are 9 ways to invest stablecoins in DeFi with high APYs:
APY USDC → 64%
• Strategy: ETH Put Selling
• Where does the APY come from: selling ETH puts & LP collateral in
• Smart contract risk: @opyn_ , @CurveFinance , Frax
• Other risks: puts expiring in the money
• TVL: 18M
APY USDC → 34%
• Strategy: ETH Put Selling
• Where does the APY come from: selling ETH put options
• Smart contract risk: @opyn_, @iearnfinance , Ribbon
• Other risks: puts expiring in the money
• TVL: 47M
(Terra blockchain) APY UST → 19.5%
• Strategy: stake UST
• Where does the APY come from: borrowing fees, staking of bLUNA and bETH
• Smart contract risk: Anchor,
• Other risks: UST losing its peg
• TVL: 5.4B
APY → 19%
• Strategy: stake MIM-UST
• Where does the APY come from: $CRV and $CVX, trading fees
• Smart contract risk: @CurveFinance , Convex, @MIM_Spell
• Other risks: UST/MIM losing their peg
• TVL: 1B
APY mUSD → 16.72%
• Strategy: stake mUSD
• Where does the APY come from: swap fees and lending, $MTA rewards
• Smart contract risk: mStable
• Other risks: mUSD losing its peg
• TVL: 30M
APY USDT → 11.78%
• Strategy: stake USDT in Yearn's vault
• Where does the APY come from: @CurveFinance swap fees, $CRV
• Smart contract risk: Curve, Yearn
• Other risks: Tether collapsing
• TVL: 111M
(Polygon) APY USDT → 9.34%
• Strategy: lend USDT
• Where does the APY come from: lending interests, $MATIC
• Smart contract risk: Aave
• TVL: 260M
(BSC) APY → 7.58%
• Strategy: liquidity provide USDC/USDT
• Where does the APY come from: trading fees, $CAKE
• Smart contract risk: Pancakeswap
• Other risks: people realizing BSC is a scam
• TVL: 59M