Weekly Yield Report: 17 September 2026
Four new pools joined the report this week, including a Uniswap v4 ETH-USDC pair yielding 27.64% from trading fees, and Maple's USDG credit pool at 4.97%.
Passive Income
Real crypto income, honestly assessed: stablecoin yield, staking, and DeFi lending. What earns, what breaks and how to verify before you deposit.
Aave V4 Hits $900M Deposits in Six Months After Launch
Aave V4 crossed $900 million in deposits six months after mainnet launch, while V3 still holds $19.4 billion. The slow migration signals risk isolation appeal.
Crypto Loans Without Collateral: What Actually Exists
Flash loans are the only genuinely uncollateralized crypto borrowing, but they repay within one transaction. Everything else is overcollateralized or a scam.
Coinbase and Moov Push Stablecoin Rails to 1,000 Banks
Coinbase and Moov's stablecoin integration reaches over 1,000 community banks as the CLARITY Act faces a Senate vote, creating new compliant yield infrastructure.
Yield Strategies That Actually Survive Bear Markets
Structural yield from protocol fees survived 2018-19 and 2022-23. Emissions-based strategies collapsed. Here are the tests to apply before committing capital.
Tracking Positions Across Chains Without Losing The Thread
Free portfolio trackers cover the basics but break on concentrated liquidity, rebasing tokens, and locked positions - exactly what's worth the most in DeFi.
When To Exit A Yield Position (And When Not To)
Five conditions justify exit: TVL diverging from market, yield rising without mechanism explanation, audit expiration, team silence, yield source mutation.
Mining Pool Selection: How To Actually Evaluate Fee Structures
FPPS vs PPLNS vs PPS mechanics, hidden fee identification, and the specific variables that shift real mining returns by 5-15% between pools.
Best Yield-Bearing Stablecoins Compared
sUSDe pays 7.1%, sUSDS pays 6-7%, USDY pays 4.65%. Three entirely different risk models. Here's the breakdown by yield mechanism, failure mode, and who holds what.
U.S. CLARITY Act Vote Fails: What It Means for Real Users
The U.S. CLARITY Act vote collapses with just 16% passage odds, leaving crypto in regulatory limbo until 2029. For users in Argentina, Nigeria, and Turkey, this changes nothing.
What A Stablecoin Depeg Looks Like Before It Happens
Every depeg looks obvious afterward. The signals that mattered were visible beforehand, but ambiguous. Here's what was actually observable at the time.
Your First DeFi Deposit: A Step-By-Step Walkthrough
Complete walkthrough for your first DeFi deposit. MetaMask setup, Base network configuration, Aave USDC deposit, transaction approval reading, and the $100-500 strategy that limits tuition costs.
How Much To Put In Any One Yield Venue
The correct position size is the one where a total loss is annoying rather than ruinous. Here is the framework by portfolio size and protocol maturity.
How To Earn Interest On Stablecoins As A Beginner
USDC on Aave Base pays 3.52% APY as of August 2026. Here's the specific chain, platform, and $500 first-position setup that limits downside while teaching yield mechanics.
How To Set Up Real-Time Depeg Alerts Before Twitter Knows
Configure on-chain and price feed monitoring with Telegram/Discord webhooks to alert within minutes when a stablecoin breaks 0.5% from peg. Free and paid tools.
A Yield Without A History Is Just A Number
Every aggregator shows today's rate. Almost none show the series. A 12% yield that held for six months is a different proposition from a 12% that was 4% last week.