If You Can’t Explain Yield, You Are the Yield
The Illusion of Yield in DeFiAt first glance, yield in DeFi looks deceptively simple. Dashboards display attractive APYs. Interfaces offer clean “deposit → earn” flows. Returns appear effortless, almost automatic. There’s little explanation behind the numbers — just a promise of passive income. But beneath this simplicity lies a deeper truth: Yield may look straightforward on the surface, but the reality underneath is far more complex.The Gap Between Displayed and Real YieldThe number you see...
If You Can’t Explain Yield, You Are the Yield
The Illusion of Yield in DeFiAt first glance, yield in DeFi looks deceptively simple. Dashboards display attractive APYs. Interfaces offer clean “deposit → earn” flows. Returns appear effortless, almost automatic. There’s little explanation behind the numbers — just a promise of passive income. But beneath this simplicity lies a deeper truth: Yield may look straightforward on the surface, but the reality underneath is far more complex.The Gap Between Displayed and Real YieldThe number you see...
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
Decentralized finance has evolved into one of the most dynamic sectors in the digital asset ecosystem. What once started as a handful of lending protocols and decentralized exchanges has expanded into a vast network of platforms operating across multiple blockchains. Today, users can access hundreds of protocols offering liquidity pools, lending markets, derivatives platforms, and complex yield strategies. While this abundance of opportunity is one of DeFi’s greatest strengths, it has also in...
Why DeFi Needs Vault Infrastructure
Decentralized finance has evolved into one of the most dynamic sectors in the digital asset ecosystem. What once started as a handful of lending protocols and decentralized exchanges has expanded into a vast network of platforms operating across multiple blockchains. Today, users can access hundreds of protocols offering liquidity pools, lending markets, derivatives platforms, and complex yield strategies. While this abundance of opportunity is one of DeFi’s greatest strengths, it has also in...
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...
