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Get paid to borrow? Try out Aave's new twin, Benqi (Avalanche)

21 Aug 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Kopi

Never heard of it? Not your fault, this site is now worth USD500m and is just 3 days old. In a span of 3 days, the site has amassed over USD500m of TVL (total value of crypto "locked" on the platform). 3 days sounds crazy, but I realised nothing is t...

Bridging to Avalanche - riding on the Avalanche Rush!

18 Aug 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Kopi

New discovery! AVAX is the native token for Avalanche ecosystem. Why AVAX? They are in the phase of bringing in huge names (Aave and Curve) onboard, with a hefty USD180m incentive program known as Avalanche Rush (refer to https://medium.com/avalanche...

Hello new blockchain? ...Maybe later.

13 Aug 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Kopi

A new day meant a day for discovering a new blockchain. I had a pleasant experience on Polygon so far (forgiving transaction fees for unnecessary transactions) with the little capital I had, and decided to look around to see if there's any other bloc...

[QUICK] 600m hacked in defi (PolyNetwork)!

10 Aug 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Kopi

[QUICK] in the sense that it's just an update to the community here. There's been a hack in PolyNetwork, or "hack" some might choose to believe. This impacts 3 blockchains - across Binance Smart Chain, Ethereum and Polygon. Given that it happened jus...

How big is crypto exactly?

9 Aug 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Kopi

Being awfully new to the field of crypto, I can't help but wonder how big crypto is (I mean, there just seems like there's so many whales swimming about) as compared to the traditional financial world (tradfi). In case you are wondering, in this ocea...

Did I just use up all my gas tokens? (Polygon)

9 Aug 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Kopi

If you're on Polygon, and found yourself out of MATIC... You're not alone (at least, there's me!) In the name of exploration and experimentation, I depleted my own supply of MATIC by depositing it all onto a platform much to my horror. It dawned on m...

Newbie Guide (Part 2): What can you do with stablecoins since it isn't appreciating in value?

7 Aug 2021 3 minute read 4 comments Kopi

So you want to venture into cryptocurrency, and thought that stablecoin is a good and "safer" idea. Now, what can you do with it? Before we go into that, let's explore what it is exactly. What is a stablecoin? It is a cryptocurrency that is pegged to...

Balancer on Polygon, simple 17% yield on stablecoins!

3 Aug 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Kopi

Polygon - everyone's favourite low-fee layer, coupled that with a stablecoin yield of 17% and we got a winner. What's the difference of this Stable Pool from a regular liquidity pool? Maybe you've just learned to swap tokens, create a liquidity pair...

What is that EarnCrypto icon?

2 Aug 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Kopi

Popular, New, News & PR, Explore, and then... NEarnCrypto. If you've been thinking what this is, read on! N stands for Nexo. This is a centralised finance (Cefi) platform that allows you to earn interest on your crypto. They do require you to perform...

Newbie Guide (Part 1): Where to Start in Crypto!?

31 Jul 2021 5 minute read 0 comments Kopi

If you're like me, you have finally pushed yourself past the wall of thinking that crypto is a ponzi scheme (in short, it's somewhat like a scam that "pays" existing investors when new investors invest their money, and at the end of the day, this cyc...