Jasmine XuBeginner's Guide to Understanding DeFi
There are a lot of great DeFi resources out there, but I’ve struggled to find one that gives a high level market overview and frameworks for how to identify different patterns in DeFi. The goal of this primer is to help you navigate the problem space, and give you pointers for starting your DeFi adventure. Planning to start with the high level framework and resources and then will follow up with subsequent posts or threads about specific protocols and how they work. This assumes you have some...
Jasmine XuState of the Union on Crypto Portfolio Trackers
The deck is easier to read, but porting over to Mirror for posterity for my web3 learnings. Any user diving into web3 will realize quickly that it is really hard to keep track of everything. There are a number of different portfolio trackers out there, so I decided to play with all of them and share some early observations in the products. This post covers:tl;drBackground and contextOverall themes across the three stages of a user’s portfolio management journeyUnderstanding your portfolioLear...
Jasmine XuWeb3 onboarding in a week
Getting started in Web3 can be daunting given how technical the space is. I originally put this content together for an audience that wanted to digest Web3 with only about 15-30 min per day. But, I think the content should be applicable for anyone trying to get into the space. The primary goal of this onboarding is to:Give the reader a high level understanding of what Web3 is and key use cases it unlocksGive initial starting points for you to launch your own Web3 explorationsWeb3 is really be...
isfj, hangout in @capsule_house, @cpgclub. learning and writing about defi, web3, and product
Jasmine XuBeginner's Guide to Understanding DeFi
There are a lot of great DeFi resources out there, but I’ve struggled to find one that gives a high level market overview and frameworks for how to identify different patterns in DeFi. The goal of this primer is to help you navigate the problem space, and give you pointers for starting your DeFi adventure. Planning to start with the high level framework and resources and then will follow up with subsequent posts or threads about specific protocols and how they work. This assumes you have some...
Jasmine XuState of the Union on Crypto Portfolio Trackers
The deck is easier to read, but porting over to Mirror for posterity for my web3 learnings. Any user diving into web3 will realize quickly that it is really hard to keep track of everything. There are a number of different portfolio trackers out there, so I decided to play with all of them and share some early observations in the products. This post covers:tl;drBackground and contextOverall themes across the three stages of a user’s portfolio management journeyUnderstanding your portfolioLear...
Jasmine XuWeb3 onboarding in a week
Getting started in Web3 can be daunting given how technical the space is. I originally put this content together for an audience that wanted to digest Web3 with only about 15-30 min per day. But, I think the content should be applicable for anyone trying to get into the space. The primary goal of this onboarding is to:Give the reader a high level understanding of what Web3 is and key use cases it unlocksGive initial starting points for you to launch your own Web3 explorationsWeb3 is really be...
isfj, hangout in @capsule_house, @cpgclub. learning and writing about defi, web3, and product
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Playing around with different things. Figured I’d write a high level outline for my own web3 journey and to keep track of stuff to learn.
Last updated Jan 16, 2022
Understanding blockchain and major L1s
Setting up a wallet (save that secret phrase) - passport to Web3
CeFi vs DeFi
CeFi for fiat → crypto inflow
Coinbase for crypto
Blockfi for credit card rebates (until Gemini’s card launches)
Kucoin for some weird coin pairs (and to get into Terra ecosystem)
Genesis Block for lazy USDC investing and to abstract out defi investing
DeFi via Uniswap or Sushiswap for basic txns
Hot wallets vs hardware wallets
News and staying up to date
Defi
Defi investment framework
Staking
Liquidity pooling
Auto compounders
Defi 2.0 staking (e.g. OHM APYs)
Leveraged stablecoins (e.g. Abracadabra)
Borrowing (bLuna)
Purchasing liquidated assets (Kujira)
ETH
OHM
Avalanche
TIME
Terra
Anchor Protocol
Fantom
NFTs (mostly ETH based)
Art
I’ve stupidly minted a lot of other things with the hope of a quick flip. Have yet to see a single one pan out 🥲
Gaming
Communities
Club CPG (token gated)
DAOs
Underindexed in a meaningful way here. I vote on proposals here and there and get alpha from different communities, but have yet to see my DAOs really pan out. HeadDao is probably the only major one I’m a part of, and it’s an investment DAO.
Other
Mirror.xyz to see what’s going on here
L1s vs L2s
Other L1s
ThorChain
Near Protocol
L2 investment thesis
Product implications?
Portfolio trackers
DeFi user gaps
Advanced defi strategies
Curve Wars
Multichain theses
Multichain stablecoin strategy
Next L1 farming rotation?
DPX
Airdrop farming
L2 farming
Playing around with different things. Figured I’d write a high level outline for my own web3 journey and to keep track of stuff to learn.
Last updated Jan 16, 2022
Understanding blockchain and major L1s
Setting up a wallet (save that secret phrase) - passport to Web3
CeFi vs DeFi
CeFi for fiat → crypto inflow
Coinbase for crypto
Blockfi for credit card rebates (until Gemini’s card launches)
Kucoin for some weird coin pairs (and to get into Terra ecosystem)
Genesis Block for lazy USDC investing and to abstract out defi investing
DeFi via Uniswap or Sushiswap for basic txns
Hot wallets vs hardware wallets
News and staying up to date
Defi
Defi investment framework
Staking
Liquidity pooling
Auto compounders
Defi 2.0 staking (e.g. OHM APYs)
Leveraged stablecoins (e.g. Abracadabra)
Borrowing (bLuna)
Purchasing liquidated assets (Kujira)
ETH
OHM
Avalanche
TIME
Terra
Anchor Protocol
Fantom
NFTs (mostly ETH based)
Art
I’ve stupidly minted a lot of other things with the hope of a quick flip. Have yet to see a single one pan out 🥲
Gaming
Communities
Club CPG (token gated)
DAOs
Underindexed in a meaningful way here. I vote on proposals here and there and get alpha from different communities, but have yet to see my DAOs really pan out. HeadDao is probably the only major one I’m a part of, and it’s an investment DAO.
Other
Mirror.xyz to see what’s going on here
L1s vs L2s
Other L1s
ThorChain
Near Protocol
L2 investment thesis
Product implications?
Portfolio trackers
DeFi user gaps
Advanced defi strategies
Curve Wars
Multichain theses
Multichain stablecoin strategy
Next L1 farming rotation?
DPX
Airdrop farming
L2 farming
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