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349 guides on defi, newest first.
DeFi · Explainer
PantherSwap is a decentralised exchange and yield farm on BNB Chain where users swap tokens, supply liquidity and stake to earn rewards. This guide explains how it works in plain terms and how it differs from the unrelated Panther Protocol.
DeFi · Explainer
PantherSwap is a decentralized exchange and yield farm on BNB Chain. This guide explains what it does, how swaps, liquidity pools and farming work, and what to check before using it.
DeFi · Explainer
Polycat Finance is a yield farming and yield aggregation protocol on the Polygon network, paid in its FISH token. This guide explains what it does in plain terms, how deposits and rewards flow, and what to verify before using it.
DeFi · Explainer
QiSwap is a decentralized exchange built on the Qtum blockchain, using a pool-based design modeled on Uniswap. This guide explains how it works in plain terms and how to check its current state before you use it.
DeFi · Explainer
Thoreum Finance is a BNB Chain token that its founders promoted as a successor to SafeMoon, which is why the name SafeMoon 2.0 stuck. This guide explains what the project claimed, how the SafeMoon model it copied worked, and how to check its current status before you consider any trade.
DeFi · How-to
Uniswap is a decentralized exchange where you swap tokens directly from your own wallet, with no company holding your funds. This guide explains how it works, how to make a swap and add liquidity, and what to check before you sign anything.
DeFi · Explainer
Venus Finance usually refers to Venus Protocol, a lending and borrowing protocol on BNB Smart Chain. This guide explains how it works, what its tokens do, and what to check before using it.
DeFi · Explainer
The name Zyro appears in several unrelated contexts in current public reporting, from a business payments app to a crypto trading protocol. This guide explains what each version appears to be and how to confirm which one, if any, you are dealing with.
DeFi · Explainer
Conviction in DeFi tokens usually rests on a few visible signals: real lending and trading volume, stablecoin growth, and tokenized assets reaching institutions. This guide explains what drives adoption, how token value connects to actual usage, and which risks should temper enthusiasm.
DeFi · Explainer
DeFi lending can look different when prices fall, because borrowing demand, collateral values and liquidation risk all shift at once. This guide explains how the mechanics work so you can judge lending protocols on their structure rather than on headline yields.
DeFi · Explainer
Capital moving toward BNB Chain and Polygon shows up in lending, exchange and stablecoin data. This guide explains what the claim means, how to check it on live data, and what risks come with following the money.
DeFi · Explainer
Total value locked measures how much money sits inside a DeFi protocol at one moment, but it says little about revenue, risk, or real usage. Readers who learn what TVL misses can judge protocols on firmer ground.
DeFi · Explainer
Protocol-owned liquidity means a project's treasury holds its own trading liquidity instead of paying outside providers to rent it. This guide explains how the model works, why teams adopt it, and the risks that come with it.
DeFi · Best list
A low swap fee is only one part of what a DeFi trade costs. This guide ranks 10 dApps by how little you are likely to pay once pool fees, gas and slippage are counted, and explains how to check each one.
DeFi · Explainer
Aave is one of the largest non-custodial lending protocols, and its V3 deployment runs on Avalanche. This guide explains how supplying, borrowing and liquidation work there, and what to check before you use it.
DeFi · Explainer
Aave's lending markets on Polygon let users supply crypto to earn interest or borrow against collateral on a lower-fee network. This guide explains how the deployment works, what the user growth figure in the headline can and cannot tell you, and how to check current data before you use it.
DeFi · Explainer
Aave V3 is one of the largest non-custodial lending markets in DeFi, and its design is a serious attempt to serve ordinary users, not just traders. This guide explains what would have to change for it to reach mainstream use, and how a newcomer can judge the protocol today.
DeFi · Explainer
Acala's aUSD stablecoin lost almost all of its value in August 2022 after an exploit minted far more tokens than the system could back. This guide explains what happened, what the team did to stop the damage, and what remains open today.
DeFi · Review
ACryptoS offers automated pools that manage Uniswap V3-style concentrated liquidity and single-token leveraged vaults. This guide explains how those products work, where the risks sit, and what to check before depositing.
DeFi · Review
ADALend was one of the early lending applications discussed in Cardano's DeFi scene. This review explains what it offered, what public sources show about its status, and how to check any Cardano lending app before you deposit funds.
DeFi · Review
ADALend is a decentralized lending protocol that public sources describe as DAO-governed, but they do not confirm details such as supported networks or token economics. This guide explains how DeFi lending works, what to verify before using any lending protocol, and how ADALend and robatz network fit into that picture.
DeFi · Explainer
ADALend was presented as a lending project for Cardano, but public reports raise serious questions about its sale and its legitimacy. This guide explains what the project aimed to do, what the record shows, and how to check any Cardano lending app before you deposit ADA.
DeFi · Review
ADALend was one of the early names in Cardano lending, but the sources available for this review are mostly 2021 coverage and ADA price commentary, so its current status is unconfirmed. This guide explains how the protocol was meant to work, what to verify before depositing, and how it compares with lending options on other chains.
DeFi · Explainer
Raw total value locked (TVL) can rise or fall for reasons that have little to do with real usage. Adjusted TVL removes or corrects those distortions so you can compare DeFi growth more fairly.