Category Earning & Risk Basics

Proof of stake is a consensus protocol that locks up crypto to secure the network. It's less energy-intensive than Bitcoin's proof of work mechanism.

At its core, yield farming is a process that allows cryptocurrency holders to lock up their holdings, which in turn provides them with rewards.

Without liquidity, financial systems grind to a halt. In decentralized finance (DeFi), liquidity pools help keep things running smoothly.

DeFi is a term for financial applications that use blockchains instead of banks.