thelearningpill

If your current perps DEX feels like driving a stick-shift through a thunderstorm…

You’re going to want to hear about @Merkle_Trade $MKL

Built on @Aptos , and built different.

Let’s get into it 👇

After sharing the stable yields opportunities on @arbitrum

Pill wanted to see if there're other good ones out there, as well as the risks we should take note of

p.s. Pill used @Infinit_Labs's terminal to speed up the process (you should too)

Let's see what the agents got back with (20% to 250% APY) 👇

1️⃣ mPENDLE on @pendle_fi's PT or YT-mPENDLE (~52% APY)

✅ Key advantages:
• High APY
• Pendle is a well-established protocol

❌ Risks:
• Market volatility of mPENDLE
• Complexity of understanding PT and YT mechanics
• Smart contract vulnerabilities

2️⃣ @PeapodsFinance single-sided USDC metavault (~49% APY)

✅ Key advantages:
• High APY for a stablecoin
• Lower risk due to the stable nature of USDC

❌ Risks:
• LVF is in beta mode
• Smart contract vulnerabilities of Peapods Finance
• De-pegging risk of USDC (though generally considered low)

3️⃣ @spectra_finance sUSDX (~20.8% APY)

✅ Key advantages:
• Good APY for a stablecoin

❌ Risks:
• Smart contract vulnerabilities
• Potential de-pegging risk of sUSDX
• Slightly complex route of obtaining USDX first

4️⃣ @BasisOS USDC-WBTC vault (~252% APY including base APY and rewards APR)

✅ Key advantages:
• Earn yield on BTC
• Farm $BIOS rewards

❌ Risks:
• Market volatility of WBTC (tracks Bitcoin price)
• Smart contract vulnerabilities of BasisOS
• Risks associated with wrapped assets (custodial risk of WBTC)

@Infinit_Labs intelligence terminal does not just provide you the info, but the link directly gets you there - DeFi farming on double quick time

feel free to let Pill know if you want to find other yields!

7 GUD READS 📚 (Edition No. 42)

This week, Pill has included some interesting combo (Stablecoins x Ethena x Pendle), the new L1/L2 playbook, and also the trending PIPE style trad x crypto investments 👇

1️⃣ The SuperCell Moment by @arndxt_xo

2️⃣ Wake Up Babe, new L1/L2 Playbook Just Dropped by @FourPillarsFP @13300RPM

3️⃣ $ENA Ethena’s Next 10 Billion by @0xTindorr

4️⃣ $PENDLE Pendle Thesis: “The Best Stablecoin Beta Play?” By @GLC_Research @kenodnb @0xCheeezzyyyy

5️⃣ Revenue: The Missing Piece for Crypto PMF by @castle_labs @0xmars_

6️⃣ Low-float High FDV on Equities: Analysis of corporate crypto strategies by @etherary

7️⃣ Tokens are the new Herbalife. Parallelisms between crypto and Multi Level Marketing schemes by @VannaCharmer

Pill’s been bullish on tokenisation and can't help but wonder...

does buying a stock on-chain still feel like filling out a loan application?

shouldn’t real-world assets actually feel like crypto?

that’s the same question @ShiftRWA is asking, and answering, with Asset-Referenced Tokens (ARTs)

unlike clunky security tokens that act more like legal paperwork than crypto assets, ARTs are built for the DeFi age.

they’re fully backed, transparently issued, and designed to behave like tokens - composable, self-custodied, borderless

that distinction matters because tokenisation should be unlocking new value flows

"how can it look so easy for CT?"

if you've dabbled in trad equities - it should look like buying a US stock from your crypto wallet, LPing it in a DeFi pool, and earning real-world yield, all without touching a broker.

ahh so many possibilities here (imagine LP-ing MSTR shares and borrowing USDC to long more)

The trenches are wild and many exit with bags of worthless tokens.

No platform can stop you from making bad decisions, but they should at least give you the right toolkit.

@basepumpFUN is changing that - and 50% of revenues flow back to the ecosystem 👇

Pill just swapped tokens on @KaiaChain and paid ZERO service charges.

Yes, you read that right - ZERO.

Kaia's treating DeFi like it should be → smooth, fast, and ridiculously affordable.

Here's how Pill is farming $KAIA Epoch 2 👇

the community is so quick to catch onto @Mira_Network 's Kaito leaderboard inclusion

mindshare climbing up and looks ready to surpass @infinex and @MagicNewton real soon

opportunities are abundant w @KaitoAI, it's entirely up to you to take it

creator season (real)

anyone up for more onchain tasks?

@helios_layer1 incentivised testnet is now live - earn XP and convert them to airdrop later on

might be cool for both users and builders to give it a go and see if it sticks

you can join Pill in this 👇
https://testnet.helioschain.network/?code=YAP-MARKET

We've all watched TVL charts do their rollercoaster thing.

@astroport_fi x @neutron_org is no exception - down from highs but steadily climbing back up.

Those who recognise recovery patterns know exactly what this means.

Oh, and I've got a 28% APR farm for your $dYdX too 👇

Aave, Curve and Uniswap are big names in this space.

Would you have invested in them when they were at cheaper valuations?

Now, @midl_xyz 's Bootstrap Program gives you that same early opportunity - but for BTCFi.

You can soft-stake, earn REAL tokens (2.5x rewards for Epoch 2 right now), and help unlock $2T in idle BTC liquidity via Midl's BTC Infrastructure!

Arbitrum took the limelight for its $1.96 billion $ARB airdrop in 2023

2 years down the road, how does it look?

The state of @arbitrum DAO's treasury and financials 👇

Pill found some alpha that'll make your $APT bags work harder with low IL risk

@hyperion_xyz is basically printing money for $APT holders right now:

APT-TruAPT pool → 3,142% APR + Drip points

Already liquid staking w @ThalaLabs? Even better:

APT-thAPT → 27% APR + Drip points
APT-sthAPT → 31% APR + Drip points

Pill thinks parking some of your stack here while earning points and yield is pretty based.

Don't sleep on this - good APR opportunities in smaller ecosystems tend to get farmed out quickly once CT discovers them.

Pill is on light mode on @MoarMarket because...

you need to bring your attention to these yield opportunities on @Aptos that are absolutely sending it right now

RIGHT

NOW👇

Couldn't sleep so Pill went diving into yield opportunities on $ARB @arbitrum

Went from "I'll just check one protocol" to "wow there's 23% APY here on stables"

From trading platforms like @OstiumLabs to yield hubs like @pendle_fi and @0xfluid...

You don't want to miss out 👇

7 GUD READS 📚 (Edition No. 41)

From cautionary tales to billion-dollar predictions - 7 crypto insights you need to read as we progress through 2025 👇

1️⃣ you probably shouldn't do crypto in 2025 by @katexbt

2️⃣ Darker than Black: Web3 Needs Dark Pools by @FourPillarsFP @SiwonHuh

3️⃣ The White Lotus Generation, A Riches to Rags Story y @TraderNoah

4️⃣ The 4 Horsemen of the crypto bull by @goodalexander

5️⃣ Why Hyperliquid could reach $120B FDV within a year by @RedactedRes

6️⃣ $ARB Well Spent? Lessons from Arbitrum’s Largest Incentive Programs by @castle_labs

7️⃣ Mantle: BlackRock of Crypto by @Jonasoeth

Staking → Restaking → Liquid Restaking

@dropdotmoney is building a smarter way to stake in @neutron_org : one where your assets stay liquid, composable, and productive.

Let’s dive into how Drop, dAssets, and Droplets work 👇

TVL jumped from $1M+ to $4M+

Participant count exploded from <200 to 700+

People are getting paid $BIOS to...talk

What's up w @BasisOS 👇

$48M of capital has been farming multiple $HYPE ecosystem points at once at @upshift_fi

By depositing WHYPE into their Hyperbeat Ultra HYPE pool, you can get exposure to multiple points programs at once:

Upshift points
+ @0xHyperBeat points
+ @hyperlendx points
+ @HypurrFi points
+ @HyperSwapX points
+ @TimeswapLabs points
+ @silhouette_ex points

*do note the 25 hrs withdrawal period

let me know if there're other juicy areas to farm $HYPE points!

Go from “I just hold $APT ” to “I earn real yield.”

@PetraWallet is turning passive holders on Aptos into DeFi farmers in a few taps.

Let me break it down for you 👇

" @Arbitrum is losing steam" - that's what the headlines say.

But dig into the recent data and you'll find a different story.

May brought some interesting developments that might change the narrative entirely for $ARB 👇