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How and where to grow DeFi yields in liquidity pools?

30 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments mercurial9

Uniswap and Balancer are the two main pools of DeFi 's liquidity, offering liquidity providers (LPs) a fee to connect their funds to a pool. In Uniswap, the liquidity pools are structured in a 50-50 ratio between two assets. Within a liquidity pool,...

How and where to grow DeFi yields in the money market?

29 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments mercurial9

Today's most popular buzzword in cryptography is "yield farming," which enables people to gain a fixed or variable interest by investing cryptocurrency into the DeFi market. Investing in ETH is not yield farming; ETH loaning on Aave is yield farming...

Silvershield Warrior Battle Challenge || Ep. #8 || Splinterlands

28 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments mercurial9

This week's battle challenge focuses on the Silvershield Warrior: The Warriors of the Silver Shield are the first line of defense for Khmyeria. They live simple lives, ready to be deployed at any moment, even though most of their missions are trivia...

Is Hive the future of decentralized social media?

27 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments mercurial9

Since its launch on March 20th 2020, when Hive was hard-forked from Steem, it's been growing and evolving every day. What is Hive? Hive is a social media blogging platform (ala Reddit), which was developed and founded on the core principle of decent...

Finding cryptocurrency price arbitrage opportunities

26 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments mercurial9

Any transaction requiring a cross rate will be theoretically priced on the basis of two separate transactions against a common cryptocurrency – usually Bitcoin (BTC). What is the cross rate? In the market, most cryptocurrencies are quoted against BT...

Cryptocurrency Prices: Bid vs Offer?

25 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments mercurial9

A cryptocurrency price is the price that one cryptocurrency can be exchanged for another. Demand and supply for the currency in the open market determines this price, but it can also be influenced by speculation, whales and news. Cryptocurrency pric...

Beginners luck || Ep. #7 || Splinterlands

24 Jul 2020 1 minute read 2 comments mercurial9

In my previous end of season awards post, I boldly stated goals that I wanted to strive towards in the new season. Let's review how those goals are panning out, one week into the new season. In progress review of my second season In my fledgeling ca...

What is the difference between Ethereum and ether?

23 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments mercurial9

Ethereum is the second biggest cryptocurrency, following Bitcoin. Yet it is very different from Bitcoin. What is Ethereum? Ethereum is a blockchain protocol created by Russian-Canadian developer Vitalik Buterin. The blockchain is a technology that e...

THEN AND NOW: What are the top 10 ranking cryptocurrencies in 2013 up to today?

22 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments mercurial9

It's been 7 years since many of these cryptocurrencies were at the top. While some have stuck around, others have left the magical world of internet money. Methodology and Approach The approach used in this post includes: Obtain the last historical...

Horny Toad🐸Battle Challenge || Ep. #6 || Splinterlands

21 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments mercurial9

This week's battle challenge focuses on the Untamed Monster card, Horny Toad🐸: When the Horny Toad puffs up and fills itself with air, razor-sharp spines protrude in every direction from its body. This amazing defense helps make sure the toads are...