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Re:Ask HN: What passive income investments exist to suppleme... by kinghajj on Monday May 10, 2021 @01:08PM (#27108271)
Additionally, BlockFi pays 8.6% APY on stablecoins. If you have any BTC, ETH, or LTC, they'll pay interest on those as well. Normally interest is paid in like-kind (e.g. a BTC balance generates BTC interest), but with the Flex option, you could have interest from all balances paid as one token. I chose to have everything paid in GUSD stablecoin, for instance, primarily to make figuring out taxes easier.
Re:Ask HN: What passive income investments exist to suppleme... by lgats on Monday May 10, 2021 @04:19PM (#27110417)
BlockFi's interest is a very attractive offer, but the risks you're exposed to aren't very transparent.

What could happen that would impact the exchange rate of this 'Stable coin'? What risks exactly is one taking on for the 8.6% interest?

Re:Ask HN: What passive income investments exist to suppleme... by quickthrower2 on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @08:06AM (#27117063)
With crypto if it’s on an exchange then you can lose it. Not your keys and all that jazz.

Never worth the risk unless there is a legal insurance provided by the government which there isn’t.