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A Simple Explanation of DeFi and Yield Farming Using Actual Human Words

A Simple Explanation of DeFi and Yield Farming Using Actual Human Words

Today on the Brief: US Gov’t forces China’s Houston consulate to close US previously-owned housing market grows 20.7% May to June Insider stock selling reaches record levels Our main discussion: DeFi 101 Today’s episode of The Breakdown is a...

The Breakdown

July 23, 202027m 7s

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Show Notes

Today on the Brief:

  • US Gov’t forces China’s Houston consulate to close
  • US previously-owned housing market grows 20.7% May to June
  • Insider stock selling reaches record levels

Our main discussion: DeFi 101

Today’s episode of The Breakdown is a primer for anyone who has lost track of the terminology surrounding decentralized finance. In it, NLW goes over:

  • DeFi’s background and origins
  • Market making in a traditional context
  • Automated market making 
  • How liquidity mining incentives economic participation 
  • How decentralized exchanges differ from centralized exchanges 
  • What “yield farming” actually means
  • Why we shouldn’t be concerned about the Yield Farming bubble