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Mar 6 11 tweets 4 min read Read on X
BEST BITCOIN YIELDS, ISSUE #1Image
Historically, $BTC has been hard to get yields on.

Restaking and Vaults, however, have unlocked BTCfi for us this cycle so now we can expect ~5% APR or more if we're clever.

And, imo, this is just the beginning.

Let's dive in👇
@SolvProtocol runs BTC-Neutral strategies for you.

The thesis is simple (and it's what we did last cycle to get yield on BTC), collateralize BTC, borrow something yieldy, and then get yield on that while you're long BTC.

Solv has a bunch of products, but most notably:

Solv.BTC.jup with 12% APR (though KYC required)
Solv.BTC.BNB with 5-10% APR plus various airdrops:

► Astherus Points
► Solv S2 Points
► Lista Tokens
► Kernal PointsImage
NOW, obviously I'm a composability maximalist.

So if you want to take these solv assets, @eulerfinance and @build_on_bob have you covered.

Big incentives campaign from Optimism right now allows you to get >100% APR on leveraged SolvBTC.

NOW, do be mindful that 8% of the collateral yield is in rEUL, which has a vesting mechanism.

If you discount that portion, you're still looking at 55.74% APR with no vesting.

(and Solv S2, maybe?)Image
And you guys know I can't go three tweets without mentioning the DeFi Darling, @pendle_fi

The @berachain predeposit vaults are still giving fixed rate 10%.

"YES Stephen, sure, BUT YOU CAN'T MINT THEM ANYMORE"

Oh sweet summer child. These are composable vault tokens, some of which you can buy on Uniswap (even a bit under peg).

SO you could buy liquidBeraBTC, e.g., at 99% NAV, and then get 10% fixed on the underlying BTC for the remainder of BOYCO.Image
If you are more of a mainnet guy, Euler also has a bunch of PT and LBTC markets.

The PTs expire in March, so I wouldn't rush in unless you're okay with the position only lasting 21 days.

That said, leveraging $LBTC from @Lombard_Finance could make sense, since the IY on Pendle for Lombard points is around 5-6%.Image
If you're looking for some lending yields, check out @merkl_xyz's BTC yields on @build_on_bob.

Some of these are the Euler yields we saw (and could leverage) before.

But there are also some LPs you might find interesting. Image
Do not, wary farmer, fade @Contango_xyz

25% leveraged intrinsic yield on PT-LBTC on @MorphoLabs.

Even at 8 BTC principal, you still get over 15% APR.

Please be careful with leverage though and mind your price impact, slippage, and fees.

This market expires in May, so it's a good chance to sit in a multi-month BTC strategy with competitive yield.Image
Honorable Mention: @InfraredFinance

The WBTC/WBERA pool has been at >120% for a good while now, with minimal IL.

Granted, if you want to hedge your Bera exposure, it's very expensive and probably not worth it.

If you like BERA and don't mind the mixed delta though, this is a good one.

Possible on @InfraredFinance, @stride_zone, and @beefyfinance.Image
The Sleeper

@0xfluid has boasted potentially the best BTC play out there for those lucky enough to squeeze in when there's availability.

THE MATH:
► 95% LLTV = 20x Leverage
► 2.96% Collateral Yield
► -0.4% Borrow Cost
= 66.8% APR

But, like I said, there's almost never any room to enter 🥲Image
That's all!

If you guys have any yields to add, please do in the comments below, I've inevitably missed quite a few, but I do what I can.

Relevant Ambassadorships:
- Pendle
- Euler
- Solv
- Contango

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More from @phtevenstrong

Mar 7
Best $SOL Yields, Issue #1

Believe it or not, @solana is DeFi.Image
Like many KOLs, I spend most of my days in meetings, in the telegram trenches, on Discord, and in Twitter DMs scraping for alpha, getting updates, asking questions about protocols, and trying to get a sense of the direction of all this stuff.

And there's a growing sentiment that Solana will become a serious competitor for institutional capital in the not-too-distant future.

I'm hopeful. I also think it has a good shot at cornering a lot of the RWA market, to my own surprise.

ANYWHO, let's dive into the yields👇
Fixed Rate / Fixed Date (Plus Points)

@RateX_Dex allows you to get a fixed rate return on fragSOL at 17% APR WHILE ALSO getting Rate-X points.

This is a highly competitive fixed rate yield and it lasts for the next half year.Image
Read 11 tweets
Mar 4
Time to formalize these threads to be referenceable as periodicals.

BEST STABELCOIN YIELDS, ISSUE #1

March 4th, 2025Image
The Good News: There are quite a few new contenders.

The Bad News: The markets are catastrophically bad.

The Neutral News: Vaults are the current thing and seemingly here-to-stay, with most of the yield-related conversations at Denver circling back to vault infrastructure.Image
BGT Emissions Remain Strong

The BEX pools (the only incentivized pools at the moment for BGT) are still getting competitive stablecoin yields.

@stride_zone (stBGT)
➢ USDC.e/HONEY: 13% APR
➢ BYUSD/HONEY: 20%

@InfraredFinance
➢ USDC.e/HONEY: 16% APR
➢ BYUSD/HONEY: 20%Image
Read 18 tweets
Mar 3
HEAR ME OUT

@pendle_fi (we love Pendle) is valuing the airdrop yield of Sonic points at around 18.5% for wstkscUSD.

► 12x @SonicLabs points
► 3x @veda_labs
► 2x @Rings_Protocol points (more Sonic points)

That implies a near 300% APR for some stable loops.

Let's look👇Image
I mentioned @eulerfinance earlier.

They have scUSD collateral with all of the above points PLUS $rEUL, $wS, and Lending yield.

So...
► 2.33% Lending Yield
► 18% Implied Points Yield
► 5.91% rEUL Yield
► 3.37% wS Yield
➢ TOTAL: 29.61% before leverage

NOW, the points yield won't be realized until June and the rEUL has a vesting mechanism.

But let's look at a few variations of the math...Image
1) Everything Included

At max leverage, that's 274.29% APRImage
Read 7 tweets
Feb 19
Does @solana seriously have real restaking APR before @ethereum?

@RenzoProtocol's $ezSOL is getting +3.65% in RESTAKING APR from @jito_sol TipRouter rewards.

This means the ezSOL<>jitoSOL loop on @KaminoFinance is getting over 55% APY.

Here's the math 🧵👇 Image
FIRST, Collateral Yields
► 8.53% Staking APR
► 3.5% TipRouter NCN APR
(NCN = Solana's version of AVS)
► 1.26% REZ Emissions APR on Kamino
TOTAL: 13.29%Image
NEXT, Borrow Cost
► JitoSOL Staking APR: 8.53%
► JitoSOL Borrow APR: 0.05%
TOTAL: 8.58%Image
Read 5 tweets
Feb 13
Once again, I've been summoned out of the depths of the yield trenches to share our most valuable secrets.

👑The Definitive Greatest Current ETH Yields👑

a thread🧵Image
First, let's look at non-leveraged options that can handle $13.5M (5,000 ETH).

Surprisingly, there are a few options👇 Image
1) @ether_fi's @movementlabsxyz vault.

Capacity: $76,000,000
APR: 20% "fixed"
Sustainability: 8 Week Campaign

Description: Movement pre-deposit vault. Movement is effectively "promising" a ~20% APR on up to $125M in predeposits locked up for 8 weeks.

On top of this:
► EtherFi Points
► @veda_labs Points
► liquidswap PointsImage
Read 18 tweets
Jan 31
I've been called to arms.

Here, friends, are the best stablecoin yield opportunities in all of DeFi🧵👇

🚨BOOKMARK THIS THREAD🚨
The hurdle rate for stablecoin yield farmers working with 7 figures or below should be 20% APR.

Anything below that and you're leaving money on the table.

So, I will not include anything that I don't think has SOME level of scalability nor anything under my 20% hurdle.Image
Let's begin,

There's a reason @pendle_fi has 5.5 BILLION dollars of TVL.

Fixed Rate / Fixed Date between 20% and 24% with over $135M in liquidity between these options.

Simple as buying the PT and holding until expiry.

But let's talk leverage👇Image
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