If You Can’t Explain Yield, You Are the Yield
Yield Is Not What It SeemsScroll through any DeFi dashboard and the story feels consistent. High APYs dominate the screen. Depositing takes just a few clicks. Earning appears automatic, almost effortless. It creates a powerful impression: That yield is simple, accessible, and predictable. But this simplicity is an illusion. Because what you see is only the surface — not the system beneath it.The Difference Between Shown Yield and Real PerformanceThe number displayed is often just a snapshot —...
If You Can’t Explain Yield, You Are the Yield
Yield Is Not What It SeemsScroll through any DeFi dashboard and the story feels consistent. High APYs dominate the screen. Depositing takes just a few clicks. Earning appears automatic, almost effortless. It creates a powerful impression: That yield is simple, accessible, and predictable. But this simplicity is an illusion. Because what you see is only the surface — not the system beneath it.The Difference Between Shown Yield and Real PerformanceThe number displayed is often just a snapshot —...
How Do Concrete Vaults Actually Work?
A Beginner’s View of Vaults: Turning Confusion Into UnderstandingYou’ve just deposited your funds into a vault. Everything goes through smoothly, and now you see a few new things on your screen: vault shares, eRate, and NAV. At this point, most users pause and wonder: What do these actually represent? It might seem technical at first, but the system behind vaults is actually quite simple. Once you understand a few key ideas, everything starts to click.Shares and eRate: Understanding Your Owne...
How Do Concrete Vaults Actually Work?
A Beginner’s View of Vaults: Turning Confusion Into UnderstandingYou’ve just deposited your funds into a vault. Everything goes through smoothly, and now you see a few new things on your screen: vault shares, eRate, and NAV. At this point, most users pause and wonder: What do these actually represent? It might seem technical at first, but the system behind vaults is actually quite simple. Once you understand a few key ideas, everything starts to click.Shares and eRate: Understanding Your Owne...
Why DeFi Needs Vault Infrastructure
Why DeFi Needs Vault Infrastructure Decentralized finance has grown into a vast and dynamic ecosystem. Today, the DeFi landscape is composed of hundreds of protocols operating across multiple chains, each offering different yield opportunities and financial strategies. New pools appear daily, incentives shift rapidly, and yields fluctuate depending on liquidity, demand, and market conditions. For users, the opportunity set has never been larger. However, this abundance comes with a hidden cha...
Why DeFi Needs Vault Infrastructure
Why DeFi Needs Vault Infrastructure Decentralized finance has grown into a vast and dynamic ecosystem. Today, the DeFi landscape is composed of hundreds of protocols operating across multiple chains, each offering different yield opportunities and financial strategies. New pools appear daily, incentives shift rapidly, and yields fluctuate depending on liquidity, demand, and market conditions. For users, the opportunity set has never been larger. However, this abundance comes with a hidden cha...
Why APY Is the Most Misunderstood Metric in DeFi
The APY Trap and the Rise of Engineered Yield In decentralized finance, attention flows to one metric above all others: APY. Higher APY suggests a better opportunity. Protocols compete by displaying increasingly attractive annual percentages. Users scan dashboards, compare numbers, and allocate capital to the highest visible return. Liquidity migrates toward the biggest figure, often within minutes. It feels efficient. It feels rational. But the highest APY is frequently the most unstable yie...
Why APY Is the Most Misunderstood Metric in DeFi
The APY Trap and the Rise of Engineered Yield In decentralized finance, attention flows to one metric above all others: APY. Higher APY suggests a better opportunity. Protocols compete by displaying increasingly attractive annual percentages. Users scan dashboards, compare numbers, and allocate capital to the highest visible return. Liquidity migrates toward the biggest figure, often within minutes. It feels efficient. It feels rational. But the highest APY is frequently the most unstable yie...
The Future of Onchain Finance
Concrete: The Future of Onchain Finance Traditional finance feels stuck in the past, while DeFi often remains a speculative mess that demands constant manual effort. My conviction is simple: the real breakthrough is automation. Onchain finance will thrive when capital works tirelessly without babysitting, compounding continuously, managing risk in code, and scaling permissionlessly. Concrete is building exactly that future. What’s Still Broken? TradFi burdens users with intermediaries, slow s...
The Future of Onchain Finance
Concrete: The Future of Onchain Finance Traditional finance feels stuck in the past, while DeFi often remains a speculative mess that demands constant manual effort. My conviction is simple: the real breakthrough is automation. Onchain finance will thrive when capital works tirelessly without babysitting, compounding continuously, managing risk in code, and scaling permissionlessly. Concrete is building exactly that future. What’s Still Broken? TradFi burdens users with intermediaries, slow s...
