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What are reflection tokens and how do they work?

Published 12/25/2022, 06:20 AM
Updated 12/25/2022, 08:00 AM
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Yield farming, liquidity mining, and staking have become common practices in the crypto market due to the remarkable growth the DeFi ecosystem has witnessed in recent years. These features enable users to earn interest on their crypto holdings by locking them as deposits for specific periods.

The concepts sound appealing but there's one big risk: the potential decline in the valuation of the locked assets. In other words, users will see losses in U.S. dollar terms if the asset's value drops during the lock-in period.

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EGC/USD weekly price chart. Source: TradingView

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