🔥I had a great time today on @CoinDesk #investeth in a fireside with @zackseward!

👇I also mistakenly prepped slides days ago and so I might as well share these 7 core tenets I'm focusing on at the moment as a #DeFi market participant/investor.

⟠1⟠ Always be learning!
⟠2⟠ Always be paranoid with your funds. Become master of cold storage, hardware wallets, and multisig wallets like @gnosisSafe and @argentHQ.
⟠3⟠ Track your #DeFi portfolio with @zapper_fi so you can review what's working and more importantly, what's not!
⟠4⟠ Look for ways to index the #DeFi markets! Picking winners and losers is hard. Make use of new DeFi index primitives like @defipulse Index by @tokensets and ETF-like exposure via @PieDAO_DeFi.
⟠5⟠ Know in advance how to exit any DeFi opportunity you enter! It sounds dumb but I cannot tell you how many have DM'ed me asking "why can I not Zap out of this?" when they have staked an LP token.
⟠6⟠ Minimize your gas costs and stop over-trading. There's plenty of research to show that trading more frequently does not correlate with success, but in DeFi, due to gas costs, it actually can eat up your profits.

Also learn to use @ETHGasStation + @etherscan Gas Tracker.
⟠7⟠ Lastly, be open to changing your mind. DeFi reflects a lot about legacy finance but it also is not going to repeat the past in any predictable manner.

Be prepared to admit you are wrong at times and adjust your strategy accordingly.
⟠FIN⟠ If you want to keep learning about #DeFi + #Ethereum:

1⃣Subscribe to tv.zapper.fi to watch @Yield_TV
2⃣Subscribe to defidad.com for in-depth DeFi tutorials
3⃣Join @zapper_fi Discord and Friday open forum community calls: discord.gg/Rf3YJ3V

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13 Oct
After seeing lots of struggles with @Ledger and #DeFi apps in @zapper_fi Discord, I've been playing with Ledger nonstop in DeFi apps to see if I can find common hang-ups.

I use Chrome+Ledger imported into @metamask_io and I have good news: it's working very well.

A few things:
1/ Make sure you have Ledger Live downloaded to update your firmware. All my Ledgers are updated and I found that as long as they were updated, my experience using DeFi was flawless. support.ledger.com/hc/en-us/artic…
2/ Quick reminder: all you need is the Ethereum app installed to use any DeFi app on Ethereum and store any Ethereum-powered token. support.ledger.com/hc/en-us/artic…
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To-Do List while gas is low

⚡️Zap in/out of LPs w/ @zapper_fi for @CurveFinance @BalancerLabs Uniswap
🏦Open CDP on @DeFiSaver
👻Borrow on @AaveAave
⚖️Buy/Sell @tokensets
⚔️Claim staking rewards
➿Create @loopringorg acct
🔥Use @Instadapp flash loans
🐢Stake on @NexusMutual
🕺🏻Looking for #DeFi inspiration? Comb through some of my recent videos on defidad.com.
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😳 I like David. I feel badly you have to sift through that train wreck of replies.

😂 Not a single #DeFi project named on #Ethereum.

🤷‍♂️ Maxi vapor projects using the word “DeFi” are in vogue!

Here’s a list of projects interacting with hundreds of millions, if not billions...
1. DEX aggregators like @matchaxyz @1inchExchange @paraswap @DEXAG_TokenWire and now we offer one at @zapper_fi Exchange

2. Decentralized perpetual markets like @MonteCarloDEX @dydxprotocol and soon again @futureswapx
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🥳I just funded these 58 grants on @gitcoin Grants Round 7!

🙏Thank you to @gitcoin for making this all possible and keep up the amazing work funding OSS!
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epns.io
2/ @gabrielhaines is making great DeFi videos on YouTube. We need 100 more DeFi YouTubers. We all benefit by working together.youtube.com/playlist?list=…
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29 Sep
🎬New video on how to earn with @UniswapProtocol!

⏱️There's still about 50 days left in this liquidity mining program.

👇 See how to calculate whether it's worth being an LP, zap into an LP, and stake the LP token to earn UNI.
📺 Watch the full #DeFi tutorial here on my YouTube channel:
⟠⟠⟠ If you dig my style, please support my @gitcoin Grant below: gitcoin.co/grants/500/def…
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🎬New tutorial on how to pay less gas to hold yUSD by @iearnfinance!

📈yUSD aka yyCrv aka Y Curve Vault by @iearnfinance is one of the most popular #DeFi stablecoin earning products.

⚡️Now with our new @zapper_fi Exchange (a DEX agg) you can pay $25 vs $100+ in gas fees.
🏴Watch the full tutorial here on @BanklessHQ YouTube for our best hack yet to get into yUSD with @zapper_fi Exchange:
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