MilestoneEthereum2020
Compound Launches Yield Farming
COMP distribution sparked the first major yield farming wave, bootstrapping on-chain liquidity and composability playbooks.
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Key Facts
Peak metric$600M+ TVL within weeks
OutcomeDeFi Summer ignition
ChainEthereum
Year2020
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