{"id":70,"date":"2026-07-08T08:48:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T07:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitadvent.com\/ways-to-earn-passive-income-in-crypto\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T21:33:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:33:44","slug":"ways-to-earn-passive-income-in-crypto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitadvent.com\/es\/ways-to-earn-passive-income-in-crypto\/","title":{"rendered":"Ways to Earn Passive Income in Crypto (and the Risks)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Passive income&#8221; is one of crypto&rsquo;s biggest draws \u2014 and one of its biggest traps. There are legitimate ways to earn a yield on assets you hold, but every one of them carries risk, and the highest advertised returns are usually the most dangerous.<\/p>\n<h2>The main methods<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Staking<\/strong> \u2014 locking a proof-of-stake coin to help secure its network in exchange for rewards. Returns are modest and paid in the coin, so the fiat value still swings with the market.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lending<\/strong> \u2014 depositing crypto so others can borrow it, earning interest. You take on the risk that the platform or borrower fails to pay.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Liquidity providing<\/strong> \u2014 supplying two tokens to a decentralised exchange pool for a share of fees, with the specific risk of <em>impermanent loss<\/em> if prices diverge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Where the risks hide<\/h2>\n<p>Smart-contract bugs, platform insolvency, reward tokens that fall faster than the yield pays, lock-up periods, and outright scams dressed up as high-yield programmes. A rule of thumb: if a return looks far above what traditional finance offers, the difference is risk you are being paid to take \u2014 not free money.<\/p>\n<h2>The honest takeaway<\/h2>\n<p>Yield in crypto is real but never risk-free, and &#8220;guaranteed&#8221; returns are a red flag. Understand exactly where a yield comes from before chasing it, and never deposit more than you can afford to lose. See our <a href=\"\/crypto-mining-and-staking-explained\/\">mining and staking guide<\/a>. Not financial advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staking, lending and liquidity can pay a yield \u2014 but every &#8220;passive income&#8221; method in crypto carries real risk. Here is an honest rundown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitadvent.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitadvent.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitadvent.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitadvent.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitadvent.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitadvent.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173,"href":"https:\/\/bitadvent.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions\/173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitadvent.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitadvent.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitadvent.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitadvent.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}