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I've been lending on https://trade.dydx.exchange and https://compound.finance/ for the past few months. They are smart contracts that lend out your deposits to other people who want to borrow them (usually people who are going long crypto). I don't like the added risk of leverage trading, so I'm happy to lend my stablecoins out for them to trade. The process is all governed by open source smart contracts on the ethereum blockchain. I would encourage you all to check out the decentralized finance (DeFi) movement.

I've been lending on https://trade.dydx.exchange and https://compound.finance/ for the past few months. They are smart contracts that lend out your deposits to other people who want to borrow them (usually people who are going long crypto). I don't like the added risk of leverage trading, so I'm happy to lend my stablecoins out for them to trade. The process is all governed by open source smart contracts on the ethereum blockchain. I would encourage you all to check out the decentralized finance (DeFi) movement.

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One must have stablecoins to make use of this, eh?

So, this is a crypto-based version of what would be a more controlled and conservative method of passive income with fiat, right?

This isn't something I've looked in to much. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Please, do feel free to share more things with us here. I appreciate you adding to this sub quite a bit.

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Yep, a stablecoin is required for leveraged longs on ETH, BTC, or whatever volatile thing you like. Stablecoins also enable you to enter a leveraged short position if you borrow the volatile asset and sell it. You could even use your crypto as collateral for a loan in the traditional fiat world if you went through a centralized exchange connected to your bank. The rates would be high, but you could do it. Good luck getting any bank to directly accept your shitcoins as collateral backing a loan!

DeFi is attempting to improve upon (better, faster, cheaper) the more conservative, traditional markets. So yep it's pretty much a crypto based version. There are some nuanced differences, and there is a lot more risk in its current stage, but the goals and customers are similar.

I will continue to add things here as they come up. This space has grown quickly this year and new projects seem to pop up all the time so it should be interesting to see where it goes.