How to Generate Passive Income with Cryptocurrencies

Savings, Lending, Staking & Farming with CeFi & DeFi

A strong passive income can liberate you to live the life you want. Image credit: SHansche (Getty Images) (Fair Use)

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Why let your hard-earned dollars languish in ordinary bank accounts when you can grow them at 5–15% just by converting them to stablecoins?

The secret sauce of financial independence is the power of compound interest.

In this article, I’ll give you a guided tour of how to generate passive income across all corners of the cryptocurrency space, including:

• Saving USD, BTC & ETH on BlockFi, Celsius & Nexo (5–10% APR);
• Lending ETH, MATIC and AAVE on Aave Polygon (4%+);
• Staking crypto in DeFi using Uniswap & PancakeSwap (5–1000%);
• Farming on ETH and Binance Smart Chain & staking in LP vaults (for up to 20,000% APY)

There are opportunities that cater for all experience levels and risk profiles.

My sources of cryptocurrency passive income. I invest across all corners of the crypto space partly to diversify away a set of varied risks. Note: The “Crypto earned” column is indicative for my own portfolio only. These blockchains & platforms are capable of earning wider variety of tokens than shown. For instance, BlockFi & Celsius supports 13–38 cryptocurrencies alone, even though I’m using them exclusively for BTC. The possibilities explode once we get into DeFi. Image by author

Overview

New to cryptocurrencies? I have guides here, here, here & here.