$COMP, $YFI, $YFII, $SUSHI, etc, 10 times, 100 times and even more. Looking at the hype, you really want to participate in it. But there are a lot of issues you are worried about. You don’t know how to identify the scams. You don’t know which token to choose. You don’t know whether the current price is too high.
Maybe DeFi index can help you. Instead of relying on yourself to do research and choose DeFi tokens, a DeFi index makes it possible for you to invest in a basket of relatively high-quality DeFi tokens using the same amount of money.
What is DeFi index? Similar to the index in other investment fields, a DeFi index is a way of passive investment. The target of DeFi index is to follow the DeFi growth trend and enjoy the long-term investment profit. An DeFi index is made up of different DeFi tokens and weights. It is a good way to gain some profit if you are bullish in the market but not sure which token to choose.
In the stock market, passive investment is a way that Warren Buffett strongly recommends. He encourages investors to invest in the stock index to enjoy the long-term positive trend of the America stock market.
Here are 3 platforms that provide DeFi index to investors.
In Synthetix dex, sDEFI is the DeFi index.
There are 12 assets in this sDEFI index. All of them are main DeFi tokens, eg, comp, MKR, KNC, etc.
Connect with your Ethereum wallet. (Don’t know which wallet to choose? Search “wallet” on dapp.com)
Choose “sDEFI/sUSD”, start your trade.
Gate has opened the Equal Weight DeFi Index Future. There are 10 DeFi tokens in this index and each of them has the same weight.
Asset |
Weight |
BNT |
10% |
COMP |
10% |
KAVA |
10% |
KNC |
10% |
LEND |
10% |
LRC |
10% |
MKR |
10% |
REN |
10% |
SNX |
10% |
ZRX |
10% |
Click “Derivatives” in the header, choose “Perpetual”
Click the down button, choose “DEFI/USDT”
There are 2 DeFi index you can choose on FTX - DeFi Perpectual and DeFi 0925 contract. Both these 2 DeFi index are following the same basket of 11 DeFi tokens - KNC, LEND, MKR, KAVA, ZRX, LRC, REN, REP, BNT, SNX, and COMP.
Asset |
Quantity |
KNC |
119.5117 |
LEND |
865.173 |
MKR |
0.3517 |
KAVA |
21.9652 |
ZRX |
416.8648 |
LRC |
671.0796 |
REN |
566.3728 |
REP |
7.3217 |
BNT |
46.0263 |
SNX |
112.2297 |
COMP |
1.6667 |
Search “DeFi” on FTX
Choose “DeFi PERP” or “DeFi 0925”
*Please note that there is risk in every investment. Some of the investment mentioned above are derivatives trading. Please be careful.
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