On-chain finance

Use DeFi for access—not as an excuse to ignore risk.

Swaps, staking, lending, liquidity and yield can be powerful. Every additional smart contract adds another way to be wrong.

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Trade directly through decentralized liquidity. Compare route, price impact, slippage and contract address before confirming.

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Earn protocol rewards by supporting network security or delegating assets. Understand lockups, validator and token-price risk.

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Supply assets or borrow against collateral. Monitor liquidation thresholds, oracle risk and changing utilization rates.

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Earn fees by providing both sides of a market. Model impermanent loss and whether incentives are paid in a weak token.

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Move assets between networks. Bridges concentrate security risk; verify the official route and consider smaller test transfers.

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Distinguish sustainable fees from emissions. A high APY can hide dilution, leverage, smart-contract risk or falling token price.

DeFi rule: Never approve a transaction you do not understand. Use a separate wallet, limit approvals and periodically revoke permissions.