YieldTruth · stake-dao · Ethereum · as of 2026-08-17 02:15 UTC
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Is the FRXUSD-USD3 yield on stake-dao real?

About 71% of this 12.4% APY is decaying token emissions. The real fee yield is ~3.64%. It is single-asset, so there is no impermanent loss to drag you below holding.

REAL 29%
EMISSIONS 71%

Real fee/staking yield: 3.64% · token emissions: 71% of the headline.

👜 Would you be better off just holding?

No impermanent loss here, so you keep the same price exposure either way. The honest number is the ~3.64% of real yield — the rest is fading emissions, not income.

Headline APY
12.4%
Real yield (fees)
3.64%
TVL
$1.4M
Impermanent-loss risk
none (single-asset)
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Source: DefiLlama. Verdict is a heuristic over public data, not financial advice.

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