A Deep Dive Into DeFi

 Decentralized finance is delivering tremendous value and utility to consumers through automation-driven, blockchain-based financial products and services that are defining a new crypto-economy. Take a deep dive into DeFi to learn about some of the hottest projects in the sector.

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What Are Decentralized Apps?

With the heightened trend toward dApps, it’s probable that finance, gaming, online markets, and social media will adopt blockchain-incorporated dApps.

Real-World Use Cases for Smart Contracts and dApps

Discover how smart contract use cases are revolutionizing the world around us, as well as how many experts see smart contract utility expanding in the future.

What Is a Decentralized Exchange (DEX)?

In theory, DEXs seek to offer alternatives to centralized exchanges, but in practice, they embody the pros and cons of each type of exchange.

What Are Liquidity Pools?

Liquidity pools enable users to buy and sell crypto on decentralized exchanges and other DeFi platforms without the need for centralized market makers.

Compound (COMP): Lego Blocks of DeFi

Stay in control of your deposited funds with Compound’s nimble, interest-bearing cTokens, which are built on the ERC-20 standard.

Curve (CRV): Optimizing Automated Market Makers (AMMs)

We explore how Curve’s liquidity pools pair similar assets in order to address common problems facing AMMs.

Yearn Finance and Money Robots (YFI): Automated DeFi Strategy

Yearn Finance offers a suite of investment strategies powered by robots that contain “wisdom sourced from the crowd” — Yearn’s own community.

Aave and Flash Loans: Uncollateralized Lending in DeFi

Aave’s unique Flash Loan product has distinguished Aave as a leading technical innovator in the blockchain industry.

Balancer: The Most Versatile Automated Market Maker

Balancer’s (BAL) algorithms manage interactions between liquidity providers, liquidity pools, and traders to rebalance assets and find advantageous prices for users.

TCAP: The Total Crypto Market Cap Token

Launched by Cryptex Finance in 2021, TCAP tracks the value of the entire crypto market.