YieldTruth · balancer-v2 · Ethereum · as of 2026-08-15 02:09 UTC
▲ SHORT-VOL CARRY Grade C

Is the BAL-WETH yield on balancer-v2 real?

You're being paid 1.66% to absorb price risk. Only ~1.66% of it is real fees — and they stop covering impermanent loss if BAL-WETH diverges more than ±44%.

REAL 100%

Real fee/staking yield: 1.66% · token emissions: 0% of the headline.

👜 Would you be better off just holding?

Break-even fact: a ±44% move in BAL-WETH erases a full year of the fees you actually keep (~1.66%). Whether that move happens is up to the market — but any emissions inflating the headline will fade regardless.

Headline APY
1.66%
Real yield (fees)
1.66%
TVL
$4.2M
Impermanent-loss risk
yes
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