Browsing: DeFi
Polymarket is turning expectations about the Oscars and box office results into tradable prices. The experiment could show whether onchain prediction markets can become information infrastructure beyond politics and finance.
The $8.5M Term Finance exploit reveals a critical flaw in DeFi: distributed governance with low participation makes capture economically viable and dangerous.
What is a short squeeze in crypto? Learn how forced liquidations can accelerate rallies, how to spot the signals, and why the effect may fade.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of DeFi? Explore the benefits, risks and trade-offs of decentralised finance before using it.
Learn how crypto-backed loans work, how LTV affects borrowing, and why falling crypto prices can trigger liquidation.
How does a perpetual DEX work? Explore order books, liquidity, funding, liquidations and the hidden risks behind decentralised derivatives trading.
Learn what slippage in crypto means, why swap prices change and how liquidity, volatility and slippage tolerance affect your trade.
Do Web3 businesses need their own token? Learn how blockchain companies can generate revenue without issuing a native crypto asset.
Choosing crypto compliance providers? Learn how KYC, KYT and Travel Rule tools fit together before building a Web3 compliance stack.
Privacy coins and crypto mixers take very different approaches to on-chain privacy. Learn how Monero and Ethereum pools differ.