DeFi foundations·2 min read
Collateral and liquidation: the risk behind crypto borrowing
Understand how a position can close without your approval when risk limits are crossed.
Intermediate
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Decentralized exchanges and liquidity pools explained
Learn how a swap can use pooled assets rather than a familiar order book.
Intermediate
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Impermanent loss: compare providing liquidity with holding
Learn why fee income is only one part of a liquidity-provider outcome.
Intermediate
DeFi foundations·2 min read
Liquidity and price impact: why selling can be harder than buying
Understand the difference between a displayed price and an executable exit.
Intermediate
DeFi foundations·2 min read
Oracles explained: how contracts learn about the outside world
Understand the data dependency behind prices, settlements and collateral checks.
Intermediate
DeFi foundations·2 min read
Slippage vs price impact: two reasons your quote can change
Distinguish an order’s own effect from other changes between quote and execution.
Intermediate
DeFi foundations·2 min read
Smart-contract audits: useful evidence, not a guarantee
Read audit scope, deployed versions and remaining powers before trusting a security badge.
Intermediate
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Staking vs lending: different sources of return, different risks
Compare staking and lending by where returns come from, what can fail and which risks the user carries.
Intermediate
DeFi foundations·2 min read
What is DeFi? Start with the moving parts
Understand wallets, contracts and interfaces before considering a deposit.
Beginner
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