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Velodrome Yield Farming Research

Home | News & Insights Velodrome Yield Farming Research Research Summary About Velodrome The Velodrome-AMM DEX provides swaps with deep liquidity and low slippage. In other words, it gives us the opportunity to trade crypto with less slippage, meaning we get better prices. According to Defilama, the project has existed for less than a year, but has already become a central figure in the Optimism ecosystem, and seen a 4x increase in its TVL. Social Media: Documentation: Velodrome Finance distributes rewards using the same two tokens that you provide to the liquidity pool, plus $VELO. Trading commissions for these pools range from 0.02% to 0.05%, and the $VELO rewards depend on governance votes. The Optimal Deposit Amount & Token Type This giant in the Optimism ecosystem can benefit us not only with its large TVL, but also with its excellent set of farming tools. Here, we can start farming with as little as $500, up to $20,000. As always, risk management is one of the most important aspects of any strategy. For this research, we have chosen the sAMM-USD+/LUSD pool, where we are ready to deposit our stables ourselves. Due to the fact that this pool only consist of stable assets, we eliminate the risk of Impermanent Loss. This pool consists of entirely super collateralized stables. LUSD is a stablecoin on the ETH network, requiring 110% ETH collateral to mint. LUSD Information: Social Media: USD+ is a stablecoin on the Ethereum network which is 100% backed by a delta neutral strategy on various DeFi platforms. Why do we call this stable a tool? Users can use it to generate returns with the OVERNIGHT protocol. Here, the TVL represents the amount of USD+ in circulation. USD+ Information: Social Media: Velodrome APR This platform makes it possible to earn such high APRs due to the fact that it is the central index of the ecosystem. Most of the liquidity in Optimism goes through Velodrome As we utilize our funds in liquidity pools, the project earns revenue alongside us, by charging commissions for each transaction. Why does the project share earnings with us? In order for the project to function properly, a significant amount of liquidity is required. Without liquidity, no one could trade, and the project would die. In order to incentivize liquidity providers, the project shares a percentage of its revenue. Conclusion: The project generates profits through our involvement, and we also benefit financially. Commission Statistics Velodrome Profitability Approximate yield for a $20,000 deposit: For many, this profitability is not amazing, but it is always a good idea to diversify your funds among reliable stables.. Step By Step Instructions: If your stables are already in your wallet: Entry & Exit Costs (for $20,000) Sign in with KuCoin: Approximate costs: $20 to $25 If your stables are already in your wallet: Approximate costs: $16 to $52 Approximate payback time: 2.5 to 12+ days, depending on your method of entry, as well as your deposit size. Note: We swap from USDC to LUSD and USD+ on Velodrome due to those pairs having high liquidity and thus small price impact on large swaps. The bigger your deposit, the more important this is. Before withdrawing USDC, you can look at the price impact on the swaps, and choose a different initial stable if you will get a better swap rate. Risks Don’t forget that risks are multiplied in Defi, so keep a watchful eye on your positions. This research is brought to you by Leech Protocol Team and Degen Hustle researchers What should you do next? Share: Twitter Facebook Telegram

Paris Blockchain Week|Side Event

Home | News & Insights Paris Blockchain Week | Leech Protocol side event We’re planning a unique evening with some of the best Farming Experts in the DeFI market. Get your notebooks ready for new farming strategies. ✍️ 🟢At our dinner, we will discuss the following topics:1. Is Farming and Liquidity Mining alive during the crypto winter?2. What is realYield and how to find it in DeFi?3. Why Leech Protocol changes the rules of the game?4. How to choose projects and avoid scammers?5. How to check audits of smart contracts?6. Where is a good and honest APR on stablecoins in DeFI?7. Why do 50% of liquidity providers in V3 have negative PNL?8. How to hedge farming positions?9. What are the risks of farming, and how to avoid them?10. Discuss Leech Protocol farming opportunities 🟢Opening: 19:00–21:00 (and later for verified degens 🙂1. Public Speech about Farming2. Q and A about Farming3. Panel Discussion4. Networking and Beer (all time) 🟢 Join to our side event TG Chat 🔴 Place >Long Hop bar, 25 Rue Frédéric Sauton, 75005 Paris What should you do next? Share Twitter Facebook Telegram

Guide from Hacken: How to choose a secure yield farming platform?

Guide from Hacken

Home | News & Insights Guide from Hacken: How to choose a secure yield farming platform? The quest for the best yield farming platform is underway. You have already studied the light papers and know the average APYs across the market. The next big step is to look into security. So many questions. Where to start, and what’s essential? How to calculate the risks? Where to get objective data? How long would it take? With a little bit of expert help, you can easily perform your own accurate and time-efficient Due Diligence to get ahead of the curve. We teamed up with a leading blockchain cybersecurity company Hacken to get the answers. We chose Hacken because they are industry experts in smart contract audits and know everything about blockchain security. CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko recognize Hacken’s audit reports, which speaks volumes about their industry recognition. Hacken is at the forefront of industry-wide smart contract audit standards as they are one of the contributors to EthTrust Specification. With five years of experience, 180 partners, and more than 1,000 protected clients, Hacken is among the top blockchain security auditors. Here’s a step-by-step guide from Hacken’s cybersecurity experts on how to choose the most secure platform for yield farming. Step 1. Check Scope and Relevance of Smart Contract Audit It’s impossible to overestimate the importance of smart contracts for yield farming platforms. A Smart contract is a code that governs and automates transactions. It typically consists of multiple functions, such as staking, withdrawing, lending, etc., that power up a DeFi platform’s operations. Secure smart contracts work as intended every time without any loophole for manipulation. Unfortunately, smart contracts are rarely without vulnerabilities. The most common are: All these vulnerabilities enable data breaches or private key leaks. The good news is that yield farming platforms can address these vulnerabilities with an external audit. An external audit is basically a thorough code review to ensure that all functions of the smart contract code work as intended without any hidden loopholes. Writing perfect code is almost impossible because developers are only humans who occasionally make errors. This is especially true when devs are constrained by time and resources. Smart contracts are vital for secure yielding platforms, but not all audits are created equal. Relevance and coverage are two main questions you must consider. The audit must be relevant and cover the entire project. Web3 projects typically have multiple smart contracts to ensure all of their features work as intended. All contracts (not just one) must be audited. Checking audit relevancy and scope with an example Step 1. Locate Public Audit Let’s take a look at one of Hacken’s clients, Zharta — a lending platform. Notice “Auidited by Hacken” badge on their website. Conveniently, Hacken website provides a list of all the public audits it has completed. We can easily locate Zharta’s audit here. Step 2. Locate a codebase repository First, let’s head to the “Scope” section on Page 4. We have a link to the repository and commit. The repository here matches the codebase that Hacken audited. Step 3. Check audit relevancy Once in their GitHub repository, notice the date of the last commit for ./protocol-v1/contracts/ (highlighted in red). The date of the last commit matches the date of Hacken’s audit. As a result, the audit is 100% relevant (as of the day of writing). Step 4. Check audit scope Inside the same folder (protocol-v1/contracts/), we have counted the number of key files — 12 smart contracts in the Vyper programming language. Inside the protocol-v1/interfaces folder, we count 11 contracts. Noooow, let’s compare this number with what’s inside the audit report. Go to Hacken’s audit report once again, and locate the Audit Scope section for the Fourth review scope. The audit by Hacken reviewed 12 contracts in the ./contracts folder and 11 contracts in the ./interfaces folder. Zharta’s codebase is powered by the same number of contracts. Therefore, the audit covers close to 100% of the key on-chain functionality. Step 5. What about vulnerabilities? It’s finally time to look at found issues inside the report. Hacken found 2 critical issues, 16 high, 5 medium, and 4 low. Three iterations later, Zharta developers resolved almost everything. You can read more about each found issue and how it was fixed in the report. Also, the final audit score is 8.4 It’s time for conclusions The Zharta landing platform has almost perfect audit coverage and relevancy with a very high score of 8.4. However, not all audits are this diligent. Unfortunately, we have hundreds of crypto projects with low coverage and a codebase that is no longer relevant. Again you can check Audit Relevancy and Audit Scope metrics at CER.live, but not all projects are listed there yet. Step 2. Is the Blockchain Protocol Safe? A protocol audit is different from a smart contract audit. Yield aggregators can interact with one or more blockchains. Leech, for example, works across 12+ blockchains. Some chains, such as Ethereum or Avalanche, are well-established with minimal security concerns. New chains are less recognized and don’t enjoy the same level of trust. DefiLlama lists 290 yield farming protocols working across more than 50 chains in total. You cannot assume that each one is safe. A new chain can earn trust by having an external blockchain audit. To verify whether a blockchain is audited, go to its website and check for the security page. Alternatively, information about the audit can be retrieved from the project’s repository on CoinGecko’s Security tab. Step 3. Background Check The significant purpose of a background check is to minimize the risk of a rug pull. Not all founders have the best intentions in mind. Some are growing their yield farming business with the sole goal of running off with users’ and investors’ assets. You’ll never see them again, and no one will return your money. Rug pulls happen almost monthly, so stay clear of fraudulent projects. Reputation is everything in a trustless environment. Look for LinkedIn pages, video interviews, and other valuable information about the platform’s founders. Who are they? Are they DeFi experts with a proven track record or amateurs with risky ideas and no