DeFi & Staking

Learn how decentralized finance(DeFi) works from liquidity pools and AMMs to staking, yield farming, and restaking protocols.

How Liquidity Pools Work and Why Most People Lose Money in Them

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How Liquidity Pools Work and Why Most People Lose Money in Them AMMs promised “passive yield,” but the math, flow toxicity, and MEV tell a different story. This is a complete, practical deconstruction of CPMM/CSMM/Stableswap/CLMM design, impermanent loss, loss-versus-rebalancing, fee dynamics, and realistic LP strategies across market regimes. Beginner → Advanced DeFi • AMMs • […]

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From Points to Protocols — The New “Airdrop Design” Meta

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From Points to Protocols: The New “Airdrop Design” Meta (2024–25) Angle: The post-2023 cycle normalized points seasons as a growth primitive. In 2024–25, those points increasingly convert into live protocols, governance, and long-tail emissions, forcing builders to solve three hard problems at once: ethics, anti-Sybil, and sustainability. This guide distills state-of-the-art design patterns, trade-offs, and

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Stablecoins Go Enterprise: Payroll, Cross-Border and Compliance Stacks

DeFi & Staking, Advanced blockchain /

Stablecoins Go Enterprise: Payroll, Cross-Border & Compliance Stacks (2025 Deep Guide) Why this matters now: Stablecoins moved from “crypto-native” to corporate-grade rails. With euro- and dollar-denominated tokens going MiCA-compliant in the EU, Visa expanding USDC settlement, and mature on/off-ramps in Africa/EU, finance teams can cut costs, accelerate settlement, and reduce reconciliation pain without YOLO’ing into

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Crypto × Creator Economy 2025: Tipping, Subscriptions and On-Chain Media

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Crypto × Creator Economy (2025): Tipping, Subscriptions & On-Chain Media Creators are rebuilding their income stack around open rails: instant tips, token-gated subscriptions, and collectable media that lives on-chain. This guide is a practical playbook for using Farcaster Frames mini-apps, open ranking feeds (OpenRank-style), and NFT memberships with concrete setup steps, code snippets, pricing heuristics,

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DePIN Tax and Accounting: tracking revenue, power cost, and depreciation without losing your mind

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DePIN Tax & Accounting: Tracking Revenue, Power Cost, and Depreciation Without Losing Your Mind Running decentralized physical infrastructure, GPUs for compute, disks for storage, radio hotspots, bandwidth relays, means you’re a tiny utility company with crypto rails. That’s cool. It also means real accounting: revenue recognition, cost allocation, depreciation, inventory/basis, realized gains, and clean documentation.

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LRT Deep Dives: How to Read Risk Disclosures (caps, custody, loss socialization)

Security & Best Practices, DeFi & Staking /

LRT Deep Dives: How to Read Risk Disclosures (Caps, Custody, Loss Socialization) Liquid Restaking Tokens (LRTs) package “restaked collateral + yields from Actively Validated Services (AVSs)” into a single liquid token. That convenience hides complex risk plumbing. This guide shows you how to read LRT documentation like an underwriter: what caps really guard against, what

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Restaking Risk Lab: Modeling Slashing Scenarios and Correlation Stress Tests.

DeFi & Staking, Advanced blockchain /

Restaking Risk Lab: Modeling Slashing Scenarios and Correlation Stress Tests Restaking promises to “rent” Ethereum’s economic security to new Actively Validated Services (AVSs): oracles, sequencers, data availability networks, keeper networks, and more. The upside is clear, shared security, faster bootstrapping, and composable incentives. The risk is also clear—slashing that can ripple across AVSs and operators

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Restaking in 2025: The Complete EigenLayer & AVS Guide (Rewards, Slashing Risks, Best LRTs)

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Restaking in 2025: The Complete EigenLayer & AVS Guide (Rewards, Slashing Risks, Best LRTs) Restaking is the year’s hottest but most misunderstood theme in crypto security. This guide explains restaking from first principles: how EigenLayer uses Ethereum economic security to bootstrap new networks known as Actively Validated Services (AVSs), how rewards are generated, what slashing

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DePIN Is Getting Real: Earning from Decentralized Physical Networks (Helium, Render & Beyond)

DeFi & Staking, Advanced blockchain /

DePIN Is Getting Real: Earning from Decentralized Physical Networks (Helium, Render & Beyond) DeFi and NFTs dominated the last cycle. In 2025, the spotlight has moved to DePIN  Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks, where blockchains coordinate real-world services: wireless coverage, GPU rendering, storage, sensors, and more. The pitch is intoxicating: plug in hardware, contribute capacity, earn

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Restaking Explained: How EigenLayer Works (Rewards, Risks, and What Could Break)

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Restaking Explained: How EigenLayer Works (Rewards, Risks, and What Could Break) Restaking is one of the year’s defining narratives. Capital keeps flowing into EigenLayer, new Actively Validated Services (AVS) are shipping, and operators are competing for delegations. But beyond the buzz, builders and depositors need a clear view: What actually happens to your ETH or

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