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Yield

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A return paid on a balance you leave somewhere. Where it comes from decides how safe it is: lending it out, staking it, or a company simply choosing to pay out of its own pocket for a while to attract deposits.

APYStakingCounterparty risk

Yield

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Interest. A bank answers the question of where it comes from with a licence and deposit protection; a crypto app usually answers it with a paragraph.

Yield farming

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Moving funds between protocols chasing the best return. The headline rates are real and so are the smart contract risks underneath them.

APYLiquidity poolDeFiImpermanent loss

Yield farming

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Rate chasing across introductory savings offers, with materially higher stakes.

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