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What Is a Flash Loan?

A flash loan is crypto borrowed and repaid in one blockchain transaction; if repayment fails, the whole transaction is reversed. It needs a smart contract.

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Learn · DeFi & Web3 · 3 min read

What Is a DeFi Vault and How Does It Work?

A DeFi vault is a smart contract that pools crypto and runs a yield strategy, usually by lending or providing liquidity through other protocols.

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Learn · DeFi & Web3 · 3 min read

Protocol treasury: what it is and who controls it

A protocol treasury is an on-chain pool of funds that a crypto project's governance controls. Votes guide spending, and signers move the money.

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Learn · DeFi & Web3 · 3 min read

How DAO voting works: a step-by-step guide

DAO voting lets token or membership holders decide proposals after forum discussion. You sign a vote with a compatible wallet and voting power.

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Learn · DeFi & Web3 · 3 min read

What is slippage on a decentralized exchange?

Slippage on a DEX is the gap between the quoted price and the price your swap gets. Pool depth and trade size usually decide that gap on a swap.

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Learn · DeFi & Web3 · 3 min read

What is restaking and why does it add risk?

Restaking means using crypto you already staked to secure extra networks and earn more rewards. The same stake then answers to more than one slashing rule.

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Learn · DeFi & Web3 · 3 min read

How to set a slippage limit for a token swap

A slippage limit caps how far a token price can move before your swap fails. Connect your wallet, open DEX settings, and choose a value based on liquidity.

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Flash loan attacks: what they are and how they work

A flash loan attack uses an instant, uncollateralized loan to exploit a DeFi protocol, often by manipulating a price oracle inside one transaction.

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Learn · DeFi & Web3 · 3 min read

What Is a Flash Loan?

A flash loan is crypto borrowed and repaid in one blockchain transaction; if repayment fails, the whole transaction is reversed. It needs a smart contract.

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Learn · DeFi & Web3 · 3 min read

Why DeFi protocols depend on price oracles

DeFi depends on price oracles because smart contracts cannot read outside prices. Oracles bring market data on-chain for loans, swaps and stablecoins.

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Learn · DeFi & Web3 · 3 min read

What is a DeFi oracle and what does it do?

A DeFi oracle feeds outside data into smart contracts so apps can use prices and events. It gathers and writes that data on-chain for lending apps.

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Learn · DeFi & Web3 · 3 min read

How to read a DeFi protocol’s risk disclosures

You can read DeFi risk disclosures by checking docs, audits, app UI, and governance forum, then audit dates, liquidation rules, admin keys, terms.

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Learn · DeFi & Web3 · 3 min read

Governance proposals: what they are and how they work

A governance proposal is a formal plan token holders vote on to change a protocol. It must pass quorum, survive a timelock, and execute to take effect.

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What is a decentralized autonomous organization?

A DAO is a member-owned crypto group where token holders vote on proposals that code executes. Some tokens may be securities; Wyoming allows DAO LLCs.

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Learn · DeFi & Web3 · 3 min read

Liquid staking: what it is and how it works

Liquid staking lets you stake crypto and get a tradable token for your staked position. The token can be used in DeFi, and it carries some risks.

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How to evaluate DeFi yield strategy risks

To evaluate a DeFi yield strategy, check the contract, the yield source, liquidity and exit terms before you deposit, then revoke token approvals.

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