SynFutures Academy

Gas is the unit that measures the amount of computational effort required to execute operations on Ethereum. It is paid by the user to the miners.

A DeFi aggregator is a platform that brings together various DeFi protocols and information into one location.

Other than using DeFi functions, users are engaged in DeFi activities such as yield farming, liquidity mining, and airdrops.

Stablecoins are a type of digital asset designed to maintain a stable value relative to a sovereign currency or other reference assets.

A brief overview in the following areas with examples: credit & lending (Compound), decentralized exchange (Curve Finance), decentralized derivatives (SynFutures), decentralized insurance (Nexus Mutual)

So how does impermanent loss happen? Let’s walk through one example of how the price changes cause the impermanent loss for a liquidity provider.

By applying leverage responsibly and monitoring the margin balance closely, traders would be able to extend the longevity of their trades and avoid being liquidated.

Automated Market Makers (AMMs) are autonomous protocols using smart contracts to create price actions and provide liquidity.

A derivative is a financial contract whose value derives from the performance of an agreed-upon underlying entity. Learn more.