Ways to Invest in DeFi

Here are some ways on how a person can potentially profit from DeFi or decentralized finance trend. This is an area in which many people believe could actually grow significantly over the years. DeFi  is essentially the crypto currency spaces that attempt to recreate, rebuild and prove upon the traditional financial system and financial services.

DeFi is based on liquidity. Profits depends on the usage of this liquidity. This decentralized liquidity allows anyone to provide money in the system. Here are ways to potentially make money from this trend:

  1. Staking and Yield Farming. Staking is equivalent to a term deposit in DeFi, in which borrowed cryptocurrency and interest can only be accessed after a predetermined period. Yield farming is equivalent to “no commitment” staking. This has a slightly lower interest rate but has the advantage for one to withdraw the money deposited at any time. Some platforms of yield farming are:
  • Sushi
  • Harvest
  • Yearn
  • Uniswap
  • Curve
  • Aave
  1. Directly within DeFi itself. There are many ways and applications to do this. A good example is by the use of different protocols. You can lend your cryptocurrencies to other people at the same time generating interests or income from lending them out to people. You can do this in an open manner throughout DeFi itself. You can also make money as a liquidity provider. Liquidity providers can earn 0.3% fee on all trades proportional to their share of the pool. Fees are added to the pool, accrue in real time and can be claimed by withdrawing your liquidity. But be mindful of risks that come with this . When not careful you can loose all your money.

Posted by Lyndsey Annabel