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Explore how derivatives like futures, options, and swaps are being reimagined as yield sources in DeFi, from funding rates to option premiums.
Three numbers, three different questions. Learn what APR, APY, and CAGR each measure, when to use them, and how to compare DeFi yields without mixing apples and oranges.
On pigi.finance, "vault" covers ERC-4626 contracts, AMM liquidity pools, stability pools, and more. Learn how we define the term and why it matters for comparing DeFi yield opportunities.
How insecure is DeFi really? We quantify protocol exploits as a share of TVL and compare them against FDIC bank-failure data from 2001 to 2025 — including the 2008 outlier.
AI gave us a clean implementation in seconds. Five weeks later we were still implementing it. A postmortem on memory limits, rebasing tokens, Uniswap V3 NFTs, Aave aTokens, and RPC rate-limit warfare.
Aave's USDC reserve has $1.93B supplied, $1.78B borrowed, and $153M available (as of 01.04.26). Why pigi.finance and DeFiLlama report different TVL numbers — and what each actually answers.
A follow-up to article #7. How can an Aave pool show near-zero deposit APR and still hold $4B in TVL? Most depositors are not chasing yield — they are buying borrowing power. Wrapped eETH explained (as of 02.05.26).
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