DeFi

In 2020, the " DeFi Summer" left people fascinated by the charm of Decentralized Finance, and also brought the Ethereum ecosystem to the forefront of crypto space. Let us show you here how to play with the DeFi "Money Legos".

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What is Gate Pay?
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What is Gate Pay?

Gate Pay is a contactless, borderless, secure cryptocurrency payment technology fully developed by Gate.io. It supports fast cryptocurrency payment and is free to use. Users can access Gate Pay simply by registering a Gate.io account to receive a variety of services such as online shopping, airline ticket and hotel booking, and entertainment services from third-party business partners.
Jan 11, 2023
What Is Peer to Peer (P2P) Lending?
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What Is Peer to Peer (P2P) Lending?

Lend or borrow crypto at your desired prices, without intermediaries
Jan 06, 2023
What Is PoS Staking?
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What Is PoS Staking?

A way of earning passive income by securing a blockchain network
Jan 06, 2023
What Is a Slot Auction?
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What Is a Slot Auction?

A parachain auction, as it is also known, involves two types of crypto coins: Polkadot (DOT) and Kusama (KSM).
Jan 05, 2023
What Is Lending & Single-Asset Vault?
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What Is Lending & Single-Asset Vault?

A smart and safe way to get passive income.
Jan 05, 2023
What is Liquidity Farming?
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What is Liquidity Farming?

Liquidity Farming is a new trend in Decentralized Finance (DeFi), which enables crypto investors to fully utilize their crypto assets and obtain high returns.
Dec 24, 2022
What Is MetaMask?
Beginner

What Is MetaMask?

Use MetaMask to interact with Ethereum or other blockchains directly from your browser.
Dec 24, 2022
The Difference Between Hot Wallet and Cold Wallet
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The Difference Between Hot Wallet and Cold Wallet

No matter how you store your digital assets, it is crucial that you don't put all your assets in the same place, which is risky. Therefore, it is suggested that you put them in at least three or more different places, which is a relatively safe practice. By doing so, you can sail in the crypto space with peace of mind. Newcomers to cryptocurrencies will probably put all of their cryptocurrencies on exchanges. Actually, cryptocurrencies can be stored in many ways which can be classified according to centralization, decentralization and whether they are stored in centralized exchanges. The centralized exchanges we usually use can be considerd as bank accounts, on which assets are managed in centralized ways. It means that your cryptocurrencies are actually stored in the wallets of these exchanges, not in your own wallets. The amount displayed is the balance we can use or withdraw, similar to our usual bank account. We don't actually own the cryptocurrencies shown in the exchange balance. In addition to stor
Dec 19, 2022
 AAVE's Road to Expansion
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AAVE's Road to Expansion

The AAVE team is known for its vital innovation and execution, making it a dark horse that has quickly grown to become a famous DeFi protocol alongside MakerDAO and Compound, expanding into a broader market and maintaining a stable lending service even during a market downturn. AAVE is planning to launch a native stablecoin, GHO, on a protocol with high liquidity to create a more decentralized on-chain financial ecosystem.
Dec 19, 2022
What is Stablecoin?
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What is Stablecoin?

A stablecoin is a cryptocurrency with a stable price, which is often pegged to a legal tender in the real world. Take USDT, currently the most commonly used stablecoin, for example, USDT is pegged to the US dollar, with 1 USDT = 1 USD.
Dec 16, 2022
What is Axie Infinity?
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What is Axie Infinity?

Axie Infinity is a leading GameFi project, whose dual-token model of AXS and SLP has deeply shaped later projects. Due to the rise of P2E, more and more newcomers were attracted to join in. In response to the rocketing fees, a special sidechain, Ronin, which uses PoA, was developed.
Dec 14, 2022
What is Yearn Finance (YFI)? How does it open up a DeFi yield aggregation era?
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What is Yearn Finance (YFI)? How does it open up a DeFi yield aggregation era?

Yearn.finance is a decentralized smart financial product built on Ethereum. It implements algorithms to shift assets between different smart contracts to attain the highest yields. Yearn.finance launched the YFI token in July 2020. Its price soared from $3 to $30,000 within one month, which rapidly attracted a large number of investors. Its founder, Andre Cronje, is a South African fintech developer. He created Yearn.finance when he realized that different DeFi applications offer different yields. Users flocked to Yearn.finance soon after it was launched. Its market cap reached $1.5 billion by September 2020. Data shows that its total value locked in the network exceeded $6 billion at its peak in November 2021. How did the craze sweep the whole crypto space? How does it work? Let’s explore.
Dec 14, 2022
What Are Blockchain Bridges and How Do They Work?
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What Are Blockchain Bridges and How Do They Work?

Blockchain bridges are specific protocols whose function is to connect two blockchains creating the possibility of transferring assets from one network to another
Dec 14, 2022
Everything you need to know about Blockchain
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Everything you need to know about Blockchain

What blockchain is, its utility, the meaning behind layers and rollups, blockchain comparisons and how different crypto ecosystems are being built?
Dec 14, 2022
What's NFTFi?
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What's NFTFi?

When NFT is used to obtain more liquid assets, we call this NFTFi. By combining DeFi and NFT, we can apply NFT to more scenarios, endowing it with the potential to develop practical applications.
Dec 06, 2022
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