To make onboarding even easier, we launched a Shortcut Creator: a no-code tool to deploy headless swaps on any chain. ℹ️ A Shortcut is a bundle of onchain actions triggered by sending funds to a contract address. Check out the video demonstration below & share the love on Twitter/X: This tutorial is for demonstration purposes only and is not financial advice. In this tutorial we go over: A. Deploying an ERC20 Token on Arbitrum. B. Creating a Liquidity Pool on Uniswap for your token. C. Creating & using a Shortcut from Onthis.xyz for easy onboarding. Deploying an ERC20 Token on ..read more

We have launched a Shortcut point system that rewards creators and users of Shortcuts. What are shortcuts? A Shortcut is combination of 2 or more DeFi actions that are executed in one transaction. Each shortcut represents an intent and each intent is its own separately deployed Smart Contract. A user can execute a specific intent by sending ETH to a Shortcut. Each Shortcut Contract has a dedicated ENS domain, giving end-users ability to perform intents simply by sending ETH to human-readable addresses. Example Shortcuts: toBase.eth = bridge your ETH to base. stake.onLido.eth = stakes your ETH ..read more

Huge shout out to Eldari from onthis.xyz for helping with this tutorial! ? ? Current web3 UX problems Web3 involves complex concepts and technical jargon that can be confusing for the average user and most applications often lack intuitive onboarding processes making it challenging for new users to get started. Most people are here for financial opportunity and cultural impact. Learning the ins and outs of web3 can be an uphill battle. The protocols and their UIs are complicated, and there are risks of human error and scams such as phishing. As builders in this space onthis.xyz wants to enhanc ..read more

Uniswap V3 introduced concentrated liquidity, enabling LPs to allocate assets within a custom price range. This added on an additional layer of friction to an already complex subject of liquidity provisioning on AMMs. If you are starting with ETH and want to add liquidity to Uniswap V3 Pools, you will need to navigate through a complex UI and execute at least 3 on-chain transactions: 1⃣ Visit a website and find a pool. 2⃣ Select which price range you would like to provide liquidity for. 3⃣ Swap appropriate amount of ETH into the other underlying asset of the pool. 4⃣ Wrap remaining ETH into WE ..read more

We’ve created an ENS shortcut to help anyone buy Friend.tech keys simply by sending ETH to a human readable address directly from mainnet wallet AND without the need to sign up for Friend.tech (which is currently invite only). Want to set up a custom shortcut to help your followers buy your keys with ease? Submit form here. Why use this? No sign up. Buy Friend.tech keys without getting into tech. Save time. Instead of having to process multiple transactions and navigating through endless UIs, send ETH and you’re done! Save gas. Interacting with ENS Shortcuts eliminates the n ..read more

Send ETH to human readable addresses to bridge or earn, directly from your wallet. Visit https://ens.defrag.fi to view all available shortcuts. In this tutorial we will go over a shortcut which helps you stake ETH on Lido & Curve in one transaction. How it works: Simply deposit ETH directly from your wallet to stake.onLido.eth or 0xe3c2068C3920d9703c2963661004eA2D41ce8f8E. What happens in the background: Your ETH is staked on Lido to get stETH. After, your stETH is pooled on Curve to get steCRV LP. Here’s a sample transaction: https://etherscan.io/tx/0xeee60c7e061ca9081493ded67ec8 ..read more

We’re excited to announce our team has raised an extension to our seed round from Coinbase Ventures and Delphi Ventures. We are grateful to have both these funds onboard as investors in our continued mission to build the future of decentralized finance (DeFi) on Ethereum and make peer-to-peer finance applications accessible across the globe! Coinbase Ventures invests in companies building the open financial system. We look forward to having their expertise onboard, having made countless investments over the years in teams we couldn’t imagine living without in the ..read more

We’ve come a long way since winning Kyber’s DeFi Hackathon in November of 2019. In less than a year, Zapper helped move the needle as users track, manage, and deploy capital in a growing DeFi landscape. This month alone more than 200,000 unique users have actively monitored their DeFi portfolio through Zapper. Today we’re happy to announce a $1.5M seed round to expand DeFi accessibility led by Framework Ventures and Libertus Capital with participation from MetaCartel Ventures, Coinfund, The LAO, CoinGecko, and Zee Prime Capita ..read more

What are yVaults? Who are they for? And what are the risks involved? We made a short video tutorial to help you get started. Make sure to check out additional community resources below ? Why use a Zap as opposed to doing it yourself? To save time and gas. Typically DeFi users have to perform 3-4 transactions in order to achieve a desired DeFi action. For example: if you have ETH, to enter YFI Vault, you will first need to swap your ETH into YFI, after approve YFI, and finally supply YFI. Each one of these steps is a separate on-chain transaction, which you not only have to pay but also wait ..read more

Snapshot Vote Live DeFragDAO submitted the first proposal on Snapshot, please follow this link and vote if you are a Metamatician holder and get closer to claiming future rewards. Not a holder? MINT METAMATICIANS What's DeFrag? DeFrag is a lending protocol where borrowers can use NFT assets as collateral to get an instant loan. How it Works. The protocol allows you to get an instant loan using NFTs as collateral. It does so by applying a peer-to-pool model connecting borrowers to an underwriting pool. As a borrower, you do not have to wait for another user to accept the terms of your loan ..read more