Understand DeFi Protocols—Don’t Just Focus on APY: Where Does the Yield Come From, and Who Bears the Risk?

In DeFi (decentralized finance), one question that’s easy to overlook is: when a protocol advertises an attractive annual percentage yield, where exactly does that yield come from?

APY is just a way of presenting the result; it does not, on its own, prove that a protocol is worth participating in.

To assess whether a DeFi protocol is sustainable, you can start by looking at these four areas.

I. Where does the yield come from?

Yield may come from interest paid by borrowers, trading fe

Why can prices still fall when there are plenty of buy orders on the books?

In the cryptocurrency market, many traders see a large stack of buy orders in the order book and assume that prices have strong support. But reality is often the opposite: buy orders look plentiful, yet prices keep falling. Why does this happen?

First, it is essential to distinguish between orders and trades. A buy order is simply a price at which a trader is willing to buy; it does not mean the funds have actually been used to complete a trade. If buy orders are canceled before the price reaches them, what looked li

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People said crypto would moon in 2026.
Here’s the 1 year reality check from 11 Nov 2025 → 11 Nov 2026 that almost no one is posting:
$FET : $0.33 → $0.145
$TAO : $360 → $219
$RENDER : $2.05 → $1.62
$ONDO : $0.48 → $0.37
$ICP : $5.20 → $2.55
$LINK: $15.30 → $10.35
$INJ: $12.50 → $8.10
$SOL: $155 → $83
$SUI: $2.01 → $0.825
$AVAX: $17.00 → $8.40
11 Nov 2025 → 11 Nov 2026
Most are still down 30–60% over the full year.
The AI, RWA, and high-throughput narratives that were supposed to deliver the 2026 breakout have not.
Leverage is gone, weak hands are gone, and the timelines that called for a moon are

#Gate股票暢聊季 AI hasn’t collapsed; what collapsed is “narrative pricing”

The main shift in this pullback is that AI is moving from a “narrative pricing” framework to “cash flow pricing.” During the transition, the most profitable investments aren’t the purest AI stocks, but the companies that can turn capex into free cash flow.

I. How far have stocks fallen?

The Nasdaq 100 closed at 27,740, down about 14% over three weeks. Last Thursday, it fell 6.36% in a single day, its biggest one-day drop since March 2020; the tech sector shed about $2.5 trillion in a day, and the Magnificent Seven lost a

What is stress testing? When the market suddenly crashes, liquidity dries up, or slippage widens, how can you test whether a trading strategy can withstand extreme market conditions?

In crypto trading, even a strategy that performs well under normal market conditions may suffer severe losses during a sudden crash, a sharp drop in trading volume, or extreme price volatility. Stress testing proactively simulates adverse market conditions and examines a strategy’s drawdown, consecutive losses, and risk exposure to identify problems that regular backtesting may not reveal.

First, what does stres

Looking back at the bear market bottoms in 2015, 2018, and 2022, they all occurred around 500 days before the next halving! BTC has now fallen for 5 consecutive weeks, with the price at around 74.3K, and only 18 days remain until the next positioning window shown in the chart opens! If around 58K was already this cycle’s bear market bottom, then the gain from the bottom is actually only about 28%—which is interesting!
$BTC
I’ve long leaned toward the view that BTC has entered the early stages of a bull market, but this early bull phase is unusually long, with repeated volatility and shakeouts

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How to Recognize and Avoid Crypto Scams? Don’t Wait Until Your Assets Are at Risk to Learn About Security

In the Web3 world, risks come not only from price volatility; they may also be hidden in a direct message, an airdrop link, or even an apparently ordinary wallet approval.

Many scams don’t rely on complex technology. What they really exploit is often people’s expectations of free rewards, trust in authoritative identities, and poor judgment in urgent situations.

I. Watch Out for Four Common Types of Scams

1. Fake Airdrops and False Rewards

You may receive a message claiming that all y

How should you determine whether a strategy has truly failed after 10 consecutive losing trades?

In crypto futures trading, consecutive losses are something many traders encounter. The most dangerous part is not the losses themselves, but beginning to doubt the strategy after a string of losses, changing parameters arbitrarily, or even continually increasing position sizes to recover losses.

So, do 10 consecutive losses mean that a trading strategy has failed?

First, look at its historical win rate. If a strategy has a long-term win rate of 60%, then 10 consecutive losses are indeed uncommo

What is a market maker? How do they provide liquidity to the market by continuously offering buy and sell quotes, and what risks do they take on?

In the cryptocurrency market, traders need someone to sell when they want to buy and someone to buy when they want to sell. By continuously offering bid and ask prices, market makers help create more continuous quotes, reduce waiting times for some trades, and improve market liquidity.

First, what is a market maker?

Market makers typically place buy and sell orders in the market at the same time. For example, if an asset has a bid quote of 100 USD

Sister U 11.11 Wednesday $SOL Strategy

Entry: Short near 84-85.5 on a rebound
Stop-loss above 86
Target 82.5-81
If it retests and stabilizes near 81.25, go long
Stop-loss below 80.5
Long target 83-84

From the 88.44 high, price has moved lower in a choppy decline, with successive lower highs and a clear bearish structure. The 85.5-86.8 support zone has turned into resistance, capping rebounds; 81.25 is the current swing low and support. If price stabilizes, a long can be tried; if it breaks below, further downside is likely.
CPI expectations are driving greater volatility in altcoins. The re

How to Recognize and Avoid Crypto Scams? Don’t Wait Until Your Assets Are at Risk to Learn About Security

In the Web3 world, risks don’t just come from price volatility. They may also hide in a direct message, an airdrop link, or even an apparently routine wallet authorization.

Many scams don’t rely on complex technology. Instead, they often exploit people’s hopes for free rewards, trust in authoritative identities, and poor judgment in urgent situations.

I. Watch Out for Four Common Types of Scams

1. Fake Airdrops and False Rewards

You may receive a message claiming that you can get toke

$AKE Can you support individual users? I joined today and everything is in the red

Vitalik Buterin
Co-founder of Ethereum
and one of the most influential public figures
in the cryptocurrency world today.
The Chinese-speaking community often calls him “V God.”
“V” comes from the first letter of Vitalik,
while “God” conveys both respect and a bit of playful humor.
This nickname is very common in the Chinese-speaking world.
Born: January 31, 1994
Kolomna, Russia
Nationality: Russian-Canadian
Age: 32 (as of 2026)
Major Achievements and Experience
2011: After discovering Bitcoin, he began writing
for the crypto community and co-founded Bitcoin Magazine.
Late 2013: At just 19 year

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OpenAI has grown its quarterly revenue to $10 billion—a 50% increase on a quarterly basis—with corporate revenue doubling. At first glance, one might conclude that artificial intelligence is finally becoming a truly profitable business.

However, the story changes when you add one more line to the picture: the company’s operating loss for the same quarter stands at approximately $10.9 billion. In other words, for every dollar earned, more than a dollar has been spent. This isn’t growth; it is capital being "burned" to fuel growth—and the two are not the same. While revenue is easy t