Staking stablecoins USDT/USDC at interest

Aerodrome

DeFi protocol on Base.

Pair for farming: USDz/USDC
APR 17%
Pool link: https://aerodrome.finance/deposit?token0=0x04D5ddf5f3a8939889F11E97f8c4BB48317F1938&token1=0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913&type=0

Rewards in AERO tokens.

TVL ~$33 million.

Possible risks:

• A drop in the value of the AERO token –> a drop in profitability
• Depeg of the USDz stablecoin, the FDV of which is only $30 million
• Protocol hack

Has its own token AERO, FDV $670 million. Traded on Coinbase, not on Binance.

On Twitter signed representatives of Coinbase, Animoca Brands, Arrington Capital, Electric Capital, Sfermion, eGirl Capital, as well as the official Base account.

https://aerodrome.finance/ | https://x.com/AerodromeFi

Synthetix

A decentralized liquidity provisioning protocol on Ethereum and Optimistic Ethereum.

Token for farming: USDC
APR 13%
Link to the pool: https://liquidity.synthetix.eth.limo/#/pools

Rewards in SNX and USDC tokens.

Total TVL ~$18 million.

Possible risks:

• Fall in SNX token value –> fall in profitability
• Protocol hacking

Yes its own token SNX, FDV $424 million. Traded on all major exchanges, including Binance.

The project raised $65.38 million from Coinbase Ventures, Paradigm, DWF Labs.

Representatives of Coinbase, a16z, eGirl Capital, Paradigm, Delphi Digital, IOSG VC, Fabric Ventures follow on Twitter.

https://synthetix.io/ | https://x.com/synthetix_io

Pendle

DeFi protocol.

Token for farming: sUSDe or rsUSDe or USD0++
APY 13-17%
Link to pools: https://app.pendle.finance/trade/markets

Separately on Mellow APR is only 3.8%: https://app.mellow.finance/vaults?assets=0x9D39A5DE30e57443BfF2A8307A4256c8797A3497

Rewards in stables.

TVL from $57 million to $466 million .

Possible risks:

• Hacking Pendle itself
• Hacking the final protocols (Mellow, Karak, etc.)
• Depeg stables

Has its own token PENDLE, FDV $728 million. Traded on all major exchanges, including Binance.

Twitter followers include a16z, Arrington Capital, Coinbase, Binance, eGirl Capital, Animoca Brands, Delphi Digital, as well as Andre Cronje, Justin Sun, and the official Curve account.

Launched on Binance Launchpool.

https://www.pendle.finance/  | https://x.com/pendle_fi

Stargate

Omnichain DeFi on LayerZero.

Token for farming: USDC on Aurora (protocol on NEAR)
APY 12%
Link to the pool: https://stargate.finance/farm/aurora:0x25bbf59ef9246dc65bfac8385d55c5e524a7b9ea:0x23a46efda973bd4e97ee84bac87018537538d078

Rewards in stables.

TVL $1.9 million.

Possible risks:

• Protocol hack
• USDC deposit to Aurora
• Aurora project closure

Has its own token STG, FDV $274 million. Traded on all major exchanges, including Binance.

Twitter is followed by representatives of a16z, Coinbase, Multicoin Capital, Sfermion, Binance, eGirl Capital, Animoca Brands. Official accounts of Bybit, BNB Chain are followed.

https://stargate.finance/ | https://x.com/StargateFinance

BFX

DEX for trading perpetual contracts with native yield on Blast.

Token for farming: USDB
APY 20%
Link to pool: https://bfx.trade/vaults/platformOverview?vault_wallet=0x2688c2bb0eeea0cd10de520699090a36469d788a

Rewards in stables.

TVL: $8 million

Possible risks:

• Protocol hack
• Depegging the USDB stablecoin, the FDV of which is $272 million< /li>

Mechanism Capital and Sino Global Capital representatives are subscribed to Twitter, as well as the official Blast account and its founder.

https://bfx.trade/ | https://x.com/BlastFutures

Trader Joe

DEX on Avalanche, Arbitrum, BNB Chain and Ethereum.

Pair for farming: USDT/USDC
APR 20% (17.69% in AVAX, the rest in stablecoins)
Link to the pool: https://traderjoexyz.com/avalanche/pool/v22/0x9702230a8ea53601f5cd2dc00fdbc13d4df4a8c7/0xb97ef9ef8734c71904d8002f8b6bc66dd9c48a6e/1

TVL: $4.4 million

Possible risks:

• Fall in the value of the AVAX token –> falling profitability
• Protocol hack

Has its own token JOE, FDV $139 million. Traded on all major exchanges, including Binance.

Coinbase, Electric Capital, Arrington Capital, Delphi Digital, Jump Capital, Multicoin Capital, Paradigm, as well as Andrew Kang and Stani Kulechov are followed on Twitter.

https://traderjoexyz.com/ | https://x.com/traderjoe_xyz

Bybit

CEX exchange.

Token for farming: USDT
APR 300% for 1 day
Link to the pool: https://www.bybit.com/en/earn/savings/?search=USDT&type=6

Token for farming: USDT
Up to $500 – APR 6.58%, over $500 – APR 1.58%
Link to the pool: https://www.bybit.com/en/earn/savings/?search=USDT&type=4

Possible risks:

• Request for origin of funds, but unlikely
• Exchange hacking (also unlikely)

https://www.bybit.com/ | https://x.com/Bybit_Official

Telegram Wallet

Built-in Telegram wallet.

Token for farming: USDT
APY up to 50% on 3000 USDT | APY 5% for amounts over 3000 USDT
Wallet link: https://t.me/wallet?profile

Possible risks:

• Regulatory issues
• Hacking a personal Telegram account

More conservative options for profitability

Aave

Token for farming: USDC
APY 3.9%
Pool link: https://app.aave.com/reserve-overview/?underlyingAsset=0xa0b86991c6 218b36c1d19d4a2e9eb0ce3606eb48&marketName=proto_mainnet_v3

TVL (total supplied) $1.55 billion

Possible risks:

• Protocol hacking

https://aave.com/ | https://x.com/aave

Compound

Token for farming: USDT
APY 4.6%
Pool link: https://app.compound.finance/?market=usdt-mainnet

TVL (total collateral) $144 million

Possible risks:

• Protocol hacking

https://compound.finance/ | https://x.com/compoundfinance

Curve

Pair for farming: sDAI/sUSDe
APY 9%
Link to the pool: https://curve.fi/#/ethereum/pools/factory- stable-ng-102/deposit

TVL $35.9 million

Possible risks:

• Hacking Curve
• Hacking Ethena

https://curve.fi/ | https://x.com/curvefinance

Ethena

Token for farming: USDe
APY 4.3%
Pool link: https://app.ethena.fi/earn

TVL $2.69 billion

Possible risks:

• Hacking the protocol

https://ethena.fi/ | https://x.com/ethena_labs