It's no secret I've been an srUSD maximalist for a long time. It's been my largest stablecoin position for months now.
Even now, just holding srUSD nets 6.7% APY + S2 points.
If you want to leverage, @ipor_io has a great vault that has been averaging ~15% as well.
h/t @vaultsfyi
3) @gauntlet_xy's USD Alpha
This is a great set-and-forget mega-lending optimizer.
Anyone who knows Gauntlet knows they're one of the king-makers of liquidity in DeFi.
They optimize all USDC lendside liquidity through USD Alpha and return to the end-user a great 7.7% yield AND technically gtUSDa is the receipt token.
I'm really hoping gtUSDa gets some composability, because I'd certainly love to loop and leverage it.
4) @infinifilabs is highly underrated for USDC-in/USDC-out yields.
► 8% APY on siUSD (instantly redeemable)
► 11.75% to 13.39% on liUSD with timed-withdrawal periods.
The way liUSD works is you get boosted exposure to the underlying yield of the protocol for taking on duration risk, and when you want to exit, you wait 1 to 8 weeks to fully exit BUT you also get your yield the entire unlock period.
And then you can exit 1:1 into USDC.
I'm personally looking forward to liUSD composability in the near future.
(you can also leverage PT-iUSD on Morpho or @Contango_xyz for something like 30% APR)
5) @eulerfinance frontier markets
There are a lot of stablecoin specific markets launching on Euler, like @FalconStable and @MidasRWA that are benefiting from a solid base APR plus either points from the underlying protocol or $rEUL from Euler.
Current around 12-14% APR and you can always hop around without swapping or slippage to get the best opportunity.
OR you can hop over to @avax and grab 10% mostly paid in wAVAX
That's it for a quick mini-thread!
I just really wanted to drive home the importance of a fully liquid stablecoin position, either for buying dips, closing leverage positions with less looping, or just to have on hand for external expenses that costs you nothing to exit.
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For those wondering, here are some of the best @monad yields to farm while they run incentives:
Almost all of the yields are on @merkl_xyz but a few aren't -- and even the ones that are need a bit of context.
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The first thing to realize is that the Monad campaign is much smaller than, say, @Plasma, though also substantially less farmed than Plasma.
It's also larger than @arbitrum DRIP (another solid campaign).
There's $65K going to $123M TVL daily on Monad
That's 19% average APR for the whole chain's TVL
There's $235K going to $4.8b daily on Plasma
That's 1.79% average APR for the whole chain's TVL
Monad is theoretically much better in that sense.
First, stablecoin plays.
There are a couple noteworthy, all having to do with @withAUSD.
1) Depositing into @upshift_fi's earnAUSD: 21% APR 2) LPing AUSD/earnAUSD on Uni V4: 50% APR 3) Various Lending on Morpho: 7-10% APR 4) AUSD/UST0 Uni V4: 21% 5) AUSD/USDC/USDT0 Curve: 13%
Note: don't trust Merkl to be up to date with actual TVL numers. The AUSD/earnAUSD says it's 150K TVL but it's really $750K TVL, so instead of 340% APR, you're getting ~70%.
Lend aggregators are one of my favorite yield sources specifically because they allow a user to:
⇒ get yields with no IL
⇒ remain fully liquid
⇒ remain unleveraged
..and sometimes farm points
SO, let's look at the best out there and compare
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1) @summerfinance_
SummerFi "Lower Risk" vaults do lend aggregation, tapping into an AI-driven optimization mechanism, currently the beneficiary of @arbitrum's DRIP campaign.