What crypto means by it
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.
What you already know this as
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.
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