The inspiration for this article came from the unlikeliest source, an ad on a Youtube video I was listening to while in the shower. It went somewhere along the lines of, “our bonds allow investors to earn a market-beating 3 to 5% APY during this time of historically low-interest rates.” It got better… “You only have to lock your money in for up to 6 months to earn these competitive yields!”
My first thought was… HA! But then it brought me back to reality and made me think… are yield farming rates turning me into, dare I say, a degen? I don’t think that to be the case. I really don’t. So now, I’m going to convince myself in this article that I’m not. I think the younger crypto investors call this coping?
Right now, at this moment, I have Vapor/BNB earning me a measly 2,278% APY in a compounding vault. Ridiculous if you stop to really think about it. I calculated the average pre-compounding yield across my portfolio in BSC Defi. I’m sitting at about .5%, per day, or 182.5% APY. So what’s my point? I think it’s time to sit back and take a minute to put perspective on these yields.
With a quick google search, I discovered that “High Interest” savings account find themselves with landing around .5% APY. That’s lower than the average inflation rate. If I leave my money in a savings account, I’m losing.
I had a CD when I was a teenager and deposited small amounts with every paycheck. I remember the interest rate being around 6%, which was considered pretty good! According to bankrate.com, the best available CD’s are about .6% APY, with a 5-year commitment. What?
Using an ETF screener, I sought out the highest yielding bond funds available on the market. The top fund yielding fund with the symbol TYD has a 10.25% Dividend. Not too bad. I know nothing about the fund.
I happen to like real estate investment trusts to diversify into real estate while earning a dividend and maintaining liquidity. Using the same ETF screener, the top REIT offers a 10.19% APY.
Individual stocks often offer dividends and can range in the single-digit territory. I think it is great that you can hold ownership in a company you believe in while earning a share of the profit, but the dividend is usually nothing to get too excited about. AT&T, for example, pays a dividend of about 7.1%.
I was having a discussion with my financial advisor and we got on the topic of stable coins, particularly in De-Fi. He was trying to understand their risk factors after I told him I could pull 20% APY from holding USDT (At the time of writing this the APY for USDT in Beefy is actually 30.7%). Ultimately, it came down to… while the risk factor is low in the crypto landscape, there are obvious risks regarding smart contracts, wallets, etc. Rather than considering this a cash position, it is best to consider it a low-risk crypto position. I can live with that, and the 30% APY it offers. I would not utilize stable coins as the vehicle for my emergency funds, but It’s probably next on the list in terms of the best place to park some cash.
BTC and ETH both come in with APY’s in the mid-teens in Beefy Finance. This may not be the best yield, but considering the hypothetical upside potential, it’s a strong reward for holding the biggest crypto assets long term.
De-Fi liquidity pairs offer APY’s ranging from 30% to 100% on most of the large-cap cryptos, this yield is magnified when a yield optimizer is added into the equation.
When looking back through this list of a wide variety of available interest rates in the market, It’s pretty obvious that the incredibly high APY’s in the hundreds or thousands is simply bananas. Even a 30% APY on USDT is a bit mind-boggling. To me, there are only two variables that exist to account for the high APY’s of BSC yield farming: Risk and market efficiency.
This leads me to one question that I can’t quite shake:
To me, the obvious place to assess this question is the current APY of USDT. If the current savings rate is .5% in your bank, while USDT can earn 30% in Beefy, is the stable coin 60 times riskier than simply holding cash in a bank account. I don’t have a way to measure this, but I find that to be unlikely. It is my best guess that BSC yield farming rates are at a point of extreme inefficiency, and the high rates are not necessarily an indicator of excessive risk (don’t get me wrong, there is plenty of risk, and we should all know that by now).
I think, or at least have a hunch, that more funds will flow into the space causing yields to drop in most cases. That sounds bad, but could also be good for us early adopters of BSC, as the inflow of funds should cause an increase in asset prices. For now, the growth of the ecosystem is outpacing the inflow of funds, keeping rates high and earning potential intact. I’m going to get it while the getting’s good and wait for market efficiency to catch up. At least that’s my bet on BSC.
Disclaimer: Don’t read this to mean a 15,000% APY is simply due to inefficiency and you should yolo next month’s rent at it. Don’t do it.
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The first exploit covered by Rekt News, done in November 2020, was a flash loan that resulted in a $7 million loss. On May 5th, a new exploit occurred on the vBWAP/BUSD LP due to losing a line of code caused by “human error.” It didn't stop there, on May 7th vSwap contract was exploited draining 11M from its pools. In total these hacks resulted in over 20,000,000 of lost funds due to smart contract risks.
The ensuing investigation details are taken from the RektNews analysis of what went down with the code exploit:
During the setup of the profit-sharing vStake pool, the code was not written from scratch but migrated from the old implementation of the Value DeFi Reserve Fund. The original implementation had the correct setting, but when merging the code, the line was not included.
The latest hack on May 7th at 07:41:39 PM +UTC has drained 11M USD from the vSwap contract liquidity pools. Another blockchain-based security organization also released a medium post detailing what may have transpired with the code— an incorrectly weighted constant product invariant calculation.
From the technical analysis of what may have transpired with the code according to Peckshield;
“The root cause behind this attack, the vulnerability stems from the improper use of a complex exponentiation power() function, which unfortunately lies in the critical path for invariant calculation and enforcement. Confirming Rekt News “Human Error” identification of the problem. Peckshield also suggest to make the assumption explicit in the power() function by adding the following requirement: require(baseN >= baseD)!”
ValueDefi released this Tweet an hour ago, indicating that they are working with PeckShield Inc and Certik to analyze the root cause of the exploit.
Once again, the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) community has been reminded of the vulnerability of smart contract codes. A new day seems to come with a new code exploit, a pool draining, or a rugpull event done. The ecosystem is threatened with this type of event becoming rampant in recent times.
Does it show us weak contract codes, lazy teams, or better ways to strengthen the blockchain security systems further? Whatever the right answers may be, it shouldn’t come with repeated loss of funds for DeFi users.
Join the rest of the community to keep an eye on funds movement in the wallet.
SafeStar is a frictionless yield and liquidity generating protocol that works by applying 10% fees for each transaction. These transactions are subsequently split into two, 5% to locked liquidity, the remaining 5% distributed among holders.
This creates a system where token holders get rewarded without doing anything. Users must simply hold SafeStar tokens in a compatible wallet and they can watch their balance grow automatically, in a frictionless manner. The platform also incorporates a lottery system where users can catch fun for reward.
SafeStar token is integrated with a burn mechanism that tax 10% of the total amount per transaction, of which 5% goes to a locked pool and the remaining 5% split to stakeholder. This will help to reduce the total number of tokens in circulation over time. According to the statistics obtained from the website, a total number of 443,819,739,166,317 SafeStar tokens have been burned to date.
Earn passive income by the embedded RFI mechanics in the token. The RFI mechanics are responsible for the auto reward system that increases your balance. Whenever a transaction is done, whether a transfer between wallets, or a trade, SAFESTAR is split into two, where it is auto-locked and auto rewarded to holders.
Unlike most RFI based and deflationary platform without a working product, SafeStar has a native active lottery system with a weekly raffle draw held every week.
An active game is currently live and will end in 48hrs. A total of 500 million $SAFESTAR is required for entry and 150 billion $SAFESTAR token up for winning participants.
Fees generated from the lottery system are split into two; one part goes to the charity, which is currently around 0.9689 BNB, approximately $604 in today’s rate, and the constant burn of the tokens 51 billion $SAFESTAR.
Taking an assumption that the ticket price is 100 $SAFESTAR
The lottery system will add to the auto passive income generating medium of SafeStar for holders who have a high-risk appetite and wants to add up to their holding.
As part of the token growth and the SafeStar project expansion, the token has been listed on P2PB2B, one of the top crypto exchanges. This exchange offers that boast more than $600 million in daily trading volume. $SAFESTAR is also active on PancakeSwap and Bitmart.
The platform reached a new milestone; more than 44% of the Total Supply has been burned forever, a whopping $18,40,311. More burns are expected as the number of holders reaches a new level—a strategy to continue reducing the total supply of the tokens.
The platform features both deflationary and RFI mechanics. Each transaction is taxed with 10%, 5% goes to the PancakeSwap locked LP pool, and the other 5% is split with holders.
The deflationary tokens can earn you up to 80% in the Annual Percentage Yield (APY), higher than any traditional system.
An extensive number of the Q2 roadmap has been achieved;
What’s left of Q2 will be the R&D of various dApps, including Non-Fungible Token and other decentralized instruments.
As you can observe, marketing has been activated to promote the platform, YouTube influencers, and various marketing campaigns. Incorporating Non-Fungible Token (NFT) technology(marketplace) will bring it up to speed with other DeFi protocols that have implemented certain forms of NFTs in their systems.
Governance voting will be the next phase of development for the platform. The major decisions for the protocol will be placed in the hands of the community. Other beneficial features will be decided by the community when this goes live.
Passive generating income by doing nothing else than holding in your wallet is the safest type of DeFi stake we can find around.
SafeStar Lottery System sets it apart from other deflationary and RFI-based systems without a use case. Full-scale marketing has started for the project, and it is gradually becoming a phenomenon with the corporation of influencers from Twitter and Youtube. Holders should expect to see bigger moves from the team in the future.
Overall it is vital to proceed with caution when purchasing tokens that have just been listed. For those who have not already read our articles on safety in the BSC, it is crucial to reference the following items, HERE and HERE.
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Users who wish to learn more about SafeStar should check out the following resources and media pages:
For now, the growth of the ecosystem is outpacing the inflow of funds, keeping rates high and earning potential intact. I’m going to get it while the getting’s good and wait for market efficiency to catch up.
The inspiration for this article came from the unlikeliest source, an ad on a Youtube video I was listening to while in the shower. It went somewhere along the lines of, “our bonds allow investors to earn a market-beating 3 to 5% APY during this time of historically low-interest rates.” It got better… “You only have to lock your money in for up to 6 months to earn these competitive yields!”
My first thought was… HA! But then it brought me back to reality and made me think… are yield farming rates turning me into, dare I say, a degen? I don’t think that to be the case. I really don’t. So now, I’m going to convince myself in this article that I’m not. I think the younger crypto investors call this coping?
Right now, at this moment, I have Vapor/BNB earning me a measly 2,278% APY in a compounding vault. Ridiculous if you stop to really think about it. I calculated the average pre-compounding yield across my portfolio in BSC Defi. I’m sitting at about .5%, per day, or 182.5% APY. So what’s my point? I think it’s time to sit back and take a minute to put perspective on these yields.
With a quick google search, I discovered that “High Interest” savings account find themselves with landing around .5% APY. That’s lower than the average inflation rate. If I leave my money in a savings account, I’m losing.
I had a CD when I was a teenager and deposited small amounts with every paycheck. I remember the interest rate being around 6%, which was considered pretty good! According to bankrate.com, the best available CD’s are about .6% APY, with a 5-year commitment. What?
Using an ETF screener, I sought out the highest yielding bond funds available on the market. The top fund yielding fund with the symbol TYD has a 10.25% Dividend. Not too bad. I know nothing about the fund.
I happen to like real estate investment trusts to diversify into real estate while earning a dividend and maintaining liquidity. Using the same ETF screener, the top REIT offers a 10.19% APY.
Individual stocks often offer dividends and can range in the single-digit territory. I think it is great that you can hold ownership in a company you believe in while earning a share of the profit, but the dividend is usually nothing to get too excited about. AT&T, for example, pays a dividend of about 7.1%.
I was having a discussion with my financial advisor and we got on the topic of stable coins, particularly in De-Fi. He was trying to understand their risk factors after I told him I could pull 20% APY from holding USDT (At the time of writing this the APY for USDT in Beefy is actually 30.7%). Ultimately, it came down to… while the risk factor is low in the crypto landscape, there are obvious risks regarding smart contracts, wallets, etc. Rather than considering this a cash position, it is best to consider it a low-risk crypto position. I can live with that, and the 30% APY it offers. I would not utilize stable coins as the vehicle for my emergency funds, but It’s probably next on the list in terms of the best place to park some cash.
BTC and ETH both come in with APY’s in the mid-teens in Beefy Finance. This may not be the best yield, but considering the hypothetical upside potential, it’s a strong reward for holding the biggest crypto assets long term.
De-Fi liquidity pairs offer APY’s ranging from 30% to 100% on most of the large-cap cryptos, this yield is magnified when a yield optimizer is added into the equation.
When looking back through this list of a wide variety of available interest rates in the market, It’s pretty obvious that the incredibly high APY’s in the hundreds or thousands is simply bananas. Even a 30% APY on USDT is a bit mind-boggling. To me, there are only two variables that exist to account for the high APY’s of BSC yield farming: Risk and market efficiency.
This leads me to one question that I can’t quite shake:
To me, the obvious place to assess this question is the current APY of USDT. If the current savings rate is .5% in your bank, while USDT can earn 30% in Beefy, is the stable coin 60 times riskier than simply holding cash in a bank account. I don’t have a way to measure this, but I find that to be unlikely. It is my best guess that BSC yield farming rates are at a point of extreme inefficiency, and the high rates are not necessarily an indicator of excessive risk (don’t get me wrong, there is plenty of risk, and we should all know that by now).
I think, or at least have a hunch, that more funds will flow into the space causing yields to drop in most cases. That sounds bad, but could also be good for us early adopters of BSC, as the inflow of funds should cause an increase in asset prices. For now, the growth of the ecosystem is outpacing the inflow of funds, keeping rates high and earning potential intact. I’m going to get it while the getting’s good and wait for market efficiency to catch up. At least that’s my bet on BSC.
Disclaimer: Don’t read this to mean a 15,000% APY is simply due to inefficiency and you should yolo next month’s rent at it. Don’t do it.
