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How fast can I grow $1,000 in DeFi? - Week 1.

Start with $1,000. See how fast it can be grown with yield farming on harvest.finance

Uniswap v3 is a Big Deal - and not just for crypto

I would not be surprised if, over six months, Uniswap grows in total value locked by more than the current total value locked of Curve, Sushiswap and Balancer combined (all decentralised exchanges).

Cryptocurrency

Review of 1729.com's "How to Start a New Country"

Balaji proposes seven models for establishing a new state. I contribute two further models that provide useful comparisons for what 1929.com is trying to achieve: 8) Big Tech as

DeFi Investment Report

The deflationary aspect of a fixed monetary supply is neither a feature nor a bug

Technology is highly deflationary when measured in fiat currency. Each decade we get much more functionality for much lower prices.

Inflation

Bitcoin, Weimar Germany and the value of a fixed monetary supply

Weimar Germany therefore provides an example of a fixed monetary supply as a tool to engender trust in monetary supply.

Bitcoin

The analogy between Bitcoin and Roman currency in the dark ages

There are significant historical periods where virtual money existed with no underlying physical commodity, no stream of cash flows, and no backstop from a centralised authority.

Bitcoin

Let's Denominate Prices in Bitcoin

We can now start to price items - particularly software - in Bitcoin.

Tax

Crypto v Nation States: A Battle about Tax

Universal basic income may be adopted because - with crypto held in private wallets - we may not know who is poor and who is rich.

Cryptocurrency

Crypto Performance During Hyperinflation

I suggest that hyperinflation would first lead to a crash in crypto prices after which one or more cryptos may emerge as shelling points for pricing and conducting exchange.

DeFi Investment Report

DeFi Investment Report: Feb 2021

I share my investment rationale, latest impressions and concerns about my DeFi token holdings.

DeFi Mini-Course

Are DeFi Lending Platforms like Compound and Aave market neutral?

Lending platforms tend to be heavily long crypto and would do well to monitor collateralisation in extreme downmarkets.

DeFi Mini-Course

FARMers losing sight of selling shovels

In the DeFi Goldrush, FARM is selling shovels. Stick to Selling Shovels.

DeFi Mini-Course

DeFi Mini-Course Part 5: Stablecoins & Celo

In this part, you'll learn the basics of stable coins ($USDC $TUSD $CUSD $DAI), buy some stable coins and - if you want to push yourself - connect to a live blockchain (#Celo).

DeFi Mini-Course

DeFi Mini Course: Part 4, Decentralized Hedge Funds

In this part, you'll learn how to buy tokens in a decentralized hedge fund and then stake those tokens so you can vote as well as earn rewards.

DeFi Mini-Course

DeFi Mini Course: Part 3, Lending and Borrowing

In this part, you'll learn how to lending and borrowing works on COMPOUND or AAVE, and lend out some USDC for yourself.

DeFi Mini-Course

DeFi Mini Course: Part 2, Currency Exchange

In this part, you'll learn how to swap one crypto for another on Uniswap so you can lend it out on the COMPOUND or AAVE platform in Part 3 of this course.

DeFi Mini-Course

DeFi Mini Course: Part 1, Wallet Setup for DeFi

This is a learn-by-doing mini-course in decentralised finance (DeFi). The idea is to let you explore how decentralised finance works and how to make (or lose!) money in decentralised finance.

Hello World

Hi folks! I'm Pinotio (people call me Pino) and I'm here to help you discover crypto with a focus on Decentralized Finance (DeFi). I'll start off by writing about the DeFi protocols that I follow and am invested in: Celo, Aave, Harvest Finance, Uniswap

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