CRYPTO GLOSSARY

Yield

Money paid to you for letting someone use your tokens. Someone always pays it.

Yield in more detail

A yield is money paid to you for letting someone use your tokens. Someone always pays it. If you cannot work out who, you are probably the one taking the risk.

If the reward token falls 80% in a year, most of the advertised yield goes with it.

FROM LESSON 44 · 5 MIN READWhere DeFi yield comes fromEvery yield is paid by someone. Learn the real sources of return in DeFi, how token rewards inflate the headline rate, what impermanent loss is, and four questions to ask before you deposit.Read the lesson

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