Recent DeFi lending pools have encountered major issues, with KelpDAO being hacked for nearly 300 million USD, and Aave experiencing a run that drained hundreds of billions in funds, causing everyone to panic about the risks in the pools.

Many people still obsess over those high APYs, thinking they are making huge profits, but most of the time they are just helping others bear the risk.

Why do smart money prefer to choose whitelist restrictions instead of touching pools with 20% volatility? They calculate the risks clearly. Those pools mix high-quality assets with junk assets, sharing liquidity on the surface, but in reality, everyone bears the risk together. Once there’s a problem, all borrowing costs are raised.

@TermMaxFi’s approach is much cleaner and more straightforward; they isolate each collateral as a separate market, making risks transparent, and lenders know exactly what they are lending to in advance.

Thus, with the same amount of money, some are still worried about floating rates above 10%, while others have already locked in fixed rates between 2.9% and 4.23%. The difference lies entirely in the structural design.

In lending, the market always rewards certainty. If you can pre-define costs and maturity dates in your ledger, you truly understand the game, rather than chasing volatility blindly.

Next time you see a high APY pool, stop first and ask yourself: is this yield really given by the market, or am I just paying for someone else’s risk?

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