This is a blog about the intersection between crypto currency and finance. I have been testing and evaluating various defi (decentralised finance) and opfi (open finance) projects. This includes lending and borrowing markets, decentralised exchanges, automated market making, smart contract wallets, and tools for measuring and monitoring return on investment. All enabled by blockchain technology, with decentralised, opensource and audited smart contracts. These systems are interoperable and composable.
27 May 2020 7 minute read 8 comments fblauer
Introduction These wallets have a number of advantages, primarily for ease of use, so they are good for new users. For example, they make use of ENS (Ethereum name service) for human readable public addresses instead of having to use long strings of...
20 May 2020 3 minute read 16 comments fblauer
Introduction Liquidity pools can be a very profitable way to invest in Defi. But it can also be more complicated, and risky than simply lending or staking your funds. However, you can mitigate the risk by investing in stable coin pairs, and using som...
22 Apr 2020 3 minute read 8 comments fblauer
Introduction I have written a few articles about my current investment strategy in my Defi Blog. There is also a very good article written by the folks from Zerion comparing several investments that they made last year. They go into a fair amount of...
16 Apr 2020 6 minute read 24 comments fblauer
Introduction This article talks about how to invest your bitcoin while you are waiting for it to increase in value, which may take months-years. If you leave it on the Bitcoin chain it will not earn any income in the meantime. However, there are vari...
3 Apr 2020 4 minute read 7 comments fblauer
Introduction I have put together a list of the Defi investments that I have found to be the best, based on a few months of evaluation and testing. I have taken into account things like risk, yield, market conditions etc. I have been honing and improv...
28 Feb 2020 2 minute read 14 comments fblauer
Intro Last time (my previous blog post) we talked about depositing BAT rewards from publish0x (or any other erc20 coin), along with an equal amount of eth to provide liquidity on Uniswap, and get rewards in the form of transaction fees. You could use...
31 Jan 2020 2 minute read 43 comments fblauer
Tutorial - how to invest your bat rewards There are many good tutorials on how to use the basic features of publish0x to tip content providers, write good original content, and cash out your rewards. But what if you want to invest and grow your ha...
21 Jan 2020 3 minute read 27 comments fblauer
Introduction After experimenting with a lot of different risk vs. reward strategies I have settled on a plan that works for me, is pretty simple and doesn't require a lot of monitoring (ex. no risk of liquidation). Lending - stablecoins vs. volatile...
1 Dec 2019 6 minute read 13 comments fblauer
Intro This project continues to be interesting and relevant, with a lot of different facets to it. It took me a while to get the hang of it, but now I am really starting to see the vast potential. It is a whole ecosystem, and far more than just a dap...
17 Nov 2019 6 minute read 0 comments fblauer
Intro My current focus is mostly on Defi/Ethereum based projects since they have the largest ecosystem and have the most mature Defi apps. From my experience, they are way ahead of any other blockchain. In future, I will revisit some of the other one...
