How To Vet Curve USDC-RLUSD At 4.33% Within 72 Hours
The Curve USDC-RLUSD pool pays 4.33% on $96M TVL. RLUSD launched six months ago. Here is the 72-hour vetting protocol before you allocate capital.
Passive Income
Real crypto income, honestly assessed: stablecoin yield, staking, and DeFi lending. What earns, what breaks and how to verify before you deposit.
How To Evaluate SKY Lending At 4.65% After 1.99pp Drop
The SKY lending rate dropped 1.99 percentage points to 4.65%. On $200k, that costs $3,980 annually. Here is the 48-hour migration decision framework.
Yield Aggregator TVL Thresholds: Coverage Dropoff at $100M, $50M, $25M
Three positions totaling $213M dropped from trackers this week. DefiLlama has no fixed minimum, but adapter failures cause silent disappearance below $25M.
Stablecoin Lending Collapse: Market-Wide vs Protocol-Only
When Jupiter, Sky, and Compound drop 1.25-2.05pp in one week, you need to separate Fed policy from protocol failure. Here is the historical pattern library.
How To Calculate Migration After Simultaneous Drops In Jupiter USDC, Sky SKY, And Compound V3 USDC
When Jupiter, Sky, and Compound V3 all drop 1.25-2.05pp in one week, the math decides whether migration recovers income or burns gas chasing the same market down.
How To Diagnose When Yield Positions Disappear From Tracking
When a DeFi position vanishes from yield trackers, you have two hours to separate data bugs from exploit signals. This is the on-chain triage protocol.
How To Respond When Uniswap V3 WETH-USDT Jumps 3.24 Points
The WETH-USDT pool jumped 3.24 percentage points in one week. Before you enter mid-spike, here is the checklist for distinguishing real yield from reversion traps.
Why Uniswap V3 WETH-USDT APY Jumped 15.14 Points To 19.07%
The WETH-USDT pool jumped from 3.93% to 19.07% APY on $95M TVL. Here's what caused the spike, whether it's sustainable, and how to size a position when volatility drives fees.
How Long DeFi Rate Spikes Last: Utilization And Reversion
Aave and Compound rate spikes reverse in 48-72 hours unless utilization stays above 92%. Here is the duration data, payback math, and the thresholds that signal multi-week moves.
How To Evaluate Uniswap V3 WBTC-WETH At 4.58% APY
When the same WBTC-WETH pool drops off at 1.88% and reappears at 4.58%, here's how to verify fee tier, liquidity distribution changes, and stability.
How To Triage Five Simultaneous Rate Drops In Two Hours
When five protocols lose 2-4pp in one week, you have two hours to sort by capital-weighted loss, check exit liquidity, and deploy the 80/20 rule before gas spikes.
How To Diagnose Simultaneous Rate Drops Across Four Protocols In 48 Hours
When Uniswap, Curve, Jupiter, and Sky drop 2-4pp in the same week, follow this 48-hour diagnostic to separate market-wide collapse from protocol-specific events.
Bitcoin ETF Outflows Have No Income Implication
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs lost $636 million Thursday. That capital movement does not change how any existing Bitcoin income mechanism works or create new yield opportunities.
How To Size Into Uniswap V3 WETH-USDT After A 6.28pp Jump
The WETH-USDT pool jumped 6.28pp to 28.75% APY. Before you overallocate, here's the allocation ceiling tied to pool TVL, impermanent loss math, and exit slippage constraints.
How To Document Yield Position Migrations For Tax Filing
Step-by-step documentation protocols for moving positions between protocols. What counts as taxable, how to categorize withdrawals and redeposits, and audit-proof record templates.
How To Vet Fluid Lending USDT At 4.39% Within 72 Hours
Fluid Lending USDT appeared at 4.39% on $714M TVL. Here's the 72-hour due diligence protocol: contract audit verification, rate source breakdown, and oracle risk.