Yield Farming
By CoinGecko | Updated on Aug 13, 2021
Yield farming involves putting cryptocurrency into a DeFi protocol to collect interest on trading fees. Liquidity providers can profit by providing liquidity in DeFi protocols like Uniswap, utilizing assets that would otherwise sit idle on an exchange or hot wallet.
Related Terms
IYKYK
Abbreviation for: if you know you know. The phrase implies that the user has dropped some sort of insider knowledge about a specific experience. Often, the post will have some callback to a particular experience that will instantly stand out to those who are “in the know,” or ironically sharing commonly known information.
Cold Storage
Offline storage of cryptocurrencies which is arguably safer as they also require physical access (eg. hardware wallet, paper wallets)
Mining Rig
A dedicated hardware to mine
Algorithmic Stablecoin
Algorithmic stablecoins are tokens pegged to a fiat currency which is usually the US dollar, purely through software and specific conditions.
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