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Posted on Feb 06, 2022Read on Mirror.xyz

The right DeFi tools

https://twitter.com/thedefiedge/status/1489003195179413505

The right DeFi tools can help you find alpha and save you hours each week. Here's a collection of the best FREE tools in DeFi: (Some of which you've never heard of before)

/1 Track Your Portfolio Automatically Easily track your portfolio by connecting your wallet and adding addresses. My personal favorite is

@zapper_fi

Other great ones:

@debankdefi

@zerion_io

@ape_board

/2 Monitor Whale Wallets

@debankdefi

has a ranking of different top wallets. I monitor Whale wallets to see what they're investing in. Create your own with a spreadsheet.

• Find your favorite protocols.

• See what the top wallets are.

• Reverse engineer.

• Profit

/3 Visualize the biggest winners and losers I like to watch which coins are the biggest gainers and losers on a weekly basis. I'm a visual learner.

@Coinparticle

illustrates this data better than the typical +12%. And it helps me to see how it stacks relative to other coins.

/4 Swapping Coins I usually go with the top DEX for each protocol. •

@traderjoe_xyz for AVAX •

@Spirit_Swap for FTM •

@Pancakeswap for BSC

@1inch and @sushiswap are great too for multi-chain

/5 Bridging to Different Protocols We're living in a multi-chain world. Bridges can help you move your tokens across different chains. •

@multichainorg (Anyswap) •

@Synapseprotocol

Also, some protocols have NATIVE bridges which might be cheaper.

/6 See the Best Stablecoin Rates Yields on stable-coins go up and down all the time.

@0xCoindix is dashboard that monitors the best stable coin rates across different chains.

/7 Real Time Action

@dexscreener

is the most underrated tool in DeFi • Watch transactions in Real Time • See Trends • Set price alerts They also have telegram alerts for trends.

/8 Monitor TVL on Different Chains

@DeFillama

If you're bullish on a Chain, this can help you monitor the up and coming dapps. The mcap / TVL ratio shows you which Chains are undervalued such as FTM.

/9 Monitor GameFi Stats GameFi has a ton of potential. I use

@dappradar

to monitor the TVL and # of users. It's an easy way for me to stay on top of what games are trending.

/10 Visualize data from the Blockchain /w

@Duneanalytics

You could easily spend hours in the dashboards here each day. Go to Discover -> Rank Dashboards To see what's possible.

/11 Protocol Safety Most of us don't have the ability to see how safe a protocol is. There are platforms out there dedicated to evaluating risks.

@DeFiSafety is my favorite.

@rugdocio is popular. Careful, they have "pay to play" to be featured.

/12 Stay on Top of Exploits

@RektHQ

shares stories on how different platforms get exploited. It's a great way to keep up with all the creatives methods scammers are using.

/13 Evaluate key metrics and revenue of different protocols. Think of it like reading the P/E and different metrics of TradFi companies. I recommend

@TokenTerminal

/14 Crypto Fundraising Want to know what the suits are investing in? Use

@dovemetrics to see where the fundraising's going. It's a great way to see what the trends are.

/15 Staying Anon on chain •

@BISQ_network

  • anon fiat onboarding for BTC •

@WasabiWallet

  • Coin mixing for BTC •

@TornadoCash

  • Coin mixing for ETH. Tornado comes highly recommended by

@0xsifu

/16 Privacy Some tools to help you maintain your privacy. @Mullvladnet - Privacy focused VPN

@ProtonMail

  • Privacy focused email

@simple_login

  • Email Aliases

@Bitwarden

  • Open source password manager

@brave

  • Privacy browser

/17 Staying on top of News There are plenty of media outlets covering Crypto. The best imo:

@decryptmedia

@theblock_

@Blockworks_

And finally, don't feel like you have to use every tool. "Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless and add what is specifically your own" - Bruce Lee