Why YFI crypto is grabbing eyeballs today?

3 min read | December 17, 2021 03:50 PM GMT | By Manu Shankar

Highlights

  • Yearn.Finance (YFI) is a decentralised finance aggregator service, which allows the users to maximise their returns from yield farming.
  • YFI’s surge comes at the back of the announcement that it has started the purchase of US$7,526,343 worth of YFI from the open market.
  • YFI token is ranked 86 on CoinMarketCap, and it is currently trading at the US$28,234.68 with a trading volume of US$720,827,562 over a day’s time. 

Yearn.finance (YFI) is a decentralised finance aggregator service, which allows the users to maximise their returns from yield farming. The multi-blockchain service was launched in 2020 by Andre Cronje with an aim to simplify the market for the expanding DeFi space.

One of the main features of YFI is that it allows the users to deposit cryptocurrencies and earn yields in return. The deposits are made in vaults, which initially are used to concentrate on the stablecoins, but has now expanded to tokenised Bitcoin products. The vaults reduce the costs that the Ethereum protocol incurs and reduces gas fees which are used in yield farms.

On 17 December, it saw an impressive price rally of 32% along with the volume gains by 250%.

Why Yearn.Finance (YFI) crypto is grabbing eyeballs today?

Why YFI is surging?

The surge comes at the back of the announcement that it has started the purchase of US$7,526,343 worth of YFI tokens from the open market. YFI revealed that the buy-back has resulted in saving of more than US$45 million. Besides, it is also believed that Yearn Finance has been working on rejigging its tokenomics to provide fee distribution among the holders. 

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Yearn has been making headlin.  fact, in August 2020, YFI token’s price surpassed BTC's price and soared to US$16,600. In comparison, BTC was trading at US$11,878.37 as of 20 August 2020.

How is YFI faring in the market? 

YFI token is ranked 86 on CoinMarketCap, and it is currently trading at the US$28,234.68 with a trading volume of US$720,827,562 over a day’s time. At the time of drafting, YFI was up by 34.36% and had a live market cap of US$1,034,454,390 and a circulating supply of 36,638 YFI coins 

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With the rally it has seen in the recent times, Yearn.finance does look like a good investment option. With experts pitching for a breakout year for major crypto markets, YFI too could be a viable one which could see newer highs. If it doesn’t face a prolonged bearish phase, YFI could easily touch US$50000 and solidify from there on, experts strongly feel.


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