i dont use nexo. But to give them credit, they survived the carnage while the loud hype crap like ftx and such went down.Jbb1 said:
I wouldn't trust platforms like nexo for holding crypto, similar companies with the same business model have gone bankrupt, for me it looks like a PONZI.
I'd rather invest it in a good ETF that gives similar returns.
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yes but ETF is not cryptoJbb1 said:
I wouldn't trust platforms like nexo for holding crypto, similar companies with the same business model have gone bankrupt, for me it looks like a PONZI.
I'd rather invest it in a good ETF that gives similar returns.
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TheCryptoAnt said:
In the case of Nexo is mostly corporate loans but they also market make in a few exchanges (and hold TBIlls but to a lesser extend)
In the case of exchanges it mostly comes from using your collateral to lend it to futures traders.
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float said:
USDC-DAI on GMX is 13%
USDT APY is 24.7% on NAVI
USDC on Aave is 13% Aave - Open Source Liquidity Protocol
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thomasparra said:
If they collateral on T bills (5.3% currently), the other 10-12% come from other individual/business trading collaterals which is incredibly risky. Looking at Interactive Brokers for instance - the collateral interest rates are pretty high for super safe investments (treasuries), hence how can Nexo manage its risk management with a 10% premium with incredibly riskier crypto assets incl tier 1 (BTC ETH)?
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No, but when BTC is in a bull market people pay crazy high funding fees to go long BTC with leverage. You can be on the other side of these funding fees by creating a synthetic dollar, i.e. you go short BTC on a platform like bybit or bitmex so you earn the funding fee, and then you separately go long BTC outside the platform (in a cold wallet for example), so you are delta neutral BTC.JohnnyDoe said:
Not your keys not your crypto. Did you already forget what happened just a couple of years ago?
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I have a Ledger but But I don't know if something like this works with stablecoinsJohnnyDoe said:
Not your keys not your crypto. Did you already forget what happened just a couple of years ago?
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You are right, if you are fine with platform risk, but all this in not suitable for 99% of retail crypto users.Cloudbanck said:
No, but when BTC is in a bull market people pay crazy high funding fees to go long BTC with leverage. You can be on the other side of these funding fees by creating a synthetic dollar, i.e. you go short BTC on a platform like bybit or bitmex so you earn the funding fee, and then you separately go long BTC outside the platform (in a cold wallet for example), so you are delta neutral BTC.
On the BTCUSD perpetual on Bybit, right now the funding rate is 0.058% every 8 hours, that's 1.00058^(365*3) = 189% on annual basis. That's where the yield comes from!
Lots of platforms just gain this synthetic dollar yield directly via futures or the perpetuals, and then pass on a small part of it to retail.
It's better to create a synthetic dollar yourself. And then you have to post some collateral, but not for the full notional amount, so you take a much smaller counterparty risk than with Nexo or some platform like that. Also the platforms like Bybit that allow you to trade directly are usually a bit more solid.
I have done this in the last few bullmarkets. Havent had a platform rugpull me yet.
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Not sure i would feel comfortable investing more than 10% of my net worth in this. What about you?TheCryptoAnt said:
Mostly by market making and hedging holding in futures. See the high funding now?
Thats us paying Nexo's yield (and other platforms)
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I am struggling to understand why this is not capitalized on yet. What I have learnt in finance over the years is that there is no free lunch. I would believe 20% on this (already very nice) but almost tripling your investment every year is crazy.Cloudbanck said:
No, but when BTC is in a bull market people pay crazy high funding fees to go long BTC with leverage. You can be on the other side of these funding fees by creating a synthetic dollar, i.e. you go short BTC on a platform like bybit or bitmex so you earn the funding fee, and then you separately go long BTC outside the platform (in a cold wallet for example), so you are delta neutral BTC.
On the BTCUSD perpetual on Bybit, right now the funding rate is 0.058% every 8 hours, that's 1.00058^(365*3) = 189% on annual basis. That's where the yield comes from!
Lots of platforms just gain this synthetic dollar yield directly via futures or the perpetuals, and then pass on a small part of it to retail.
It's better to create a synthetic dollar yourself. And then you have to post some collateral, but not for the full notional amount, so you take a much smaller counterparty risk than with Nexo or some platform like that. Also the platforms like Bybit that allow you to trade directly are usually a bit more solid.
I have done this in the last few bullmarkets. Havent had a platform rugpull me yet.
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Bravo for asking the hard-hitting questions! 😉
Thanks for reminding me stupi#21 .... my delusional greed was just about to take over my Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex on a subject I hadn't fully realized was outside my circle of competence rof/% rof/% rof/% rof/% rof/%JohnnyDoe said:
Not your keys not your crypto. Did you already forget what happened just a couple of years ago?
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Well, that was the 8 hour perpetual funding fee rate at the time I checked for one single 8 hour period. It spikes up in bull runs, but it doesn't stay at these extremely high levels consistently for long periods of time.thomasparra said:
Not sure i would feel comfortable investing more than 10% of my net worth in this. What about you?
I am struggling to understand why this is not capitalized on yet. What I have learnt in finance over the years is that there is no free lunch. I would believe 20% on this (already very nice) but almost tripling your investment every year is crazy.
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thomasparra said:
Not sure i would feel comfortable investing more than 10% of my net worth in this. What about you?
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