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Defining Crypto - Security Tokens
Security tokens are widely considered to be one of blockchain technology’s most promising applications. Unlike most earlier cryptocurrencies, security tokens are being designed from the ground up to adhere to existing securities regulations. Security tokens, therefore, are expected to bridge the gap between blockchain technology and traditional financial markets.

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Jul 31, 20224 min read


Protecting Yourself - Systemic Risks
Systematic risk occurs due to macroeconomic factors. It is also called market risk or non-diversifiable or volatility risk as it is beyond the control of a specific company or individual and hence, can’t be diversified. All investments and securities suffer from such a type of risk. One can’t eliminate such a risk by holding more shares.

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Jul 31, 20222 min read


Defining Crypto - Admin Keys
When talking about decentralized finance ( DeFi ) there is a tendency to apply high levels of trust derived from the narrative linked to the Ethereum blockchain, its resilience, and immutability.

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Jul 31, 20222 min read


Smart Contract Bugs
According to DeFillama , the TVL in DeFi is currently around $124.5 billion. However, in early 2022, that figure reached $240 billion. One way or another, we’re talking a lot of money. There is, however, one thing that can throw a spanner in this DeFi machinery. These are bugs in smart contracts (Lemmens, 2022) [1] .

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Jul 31, 20223 min read


Defining Finance - Liquidity Pool(s)
Traditionally, exchanges acted as the market makers, providing the liquidity needed for traders to buy and sell crypto assets. Since liquidity was held by a single entity, Binance, Coinbase, FTX, and others, which act in this way, are referred to as centralized exchanges (CEXs).

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Jul 31, 20223 min read


Defining Crypto - Reflection Tokens
DeFi (decentralized finance) is the core of crypto’s fastest-growing projects right now. In essence, DeFi tokens allow investors to make extra income through their crypto holdings. In practice, the process is a lot more complex.

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Jul 31, 20223 min read


Defining Finance - Seigniorage
Seigniorage, also spelled seignorage or seigneurage, is the difference between the value of money and the cost to produce and distribute it. The term can be applied in two ways: • Seigniorage derived from specie is a tax added to the total cost of a coin that a customer of the mint had to pay, and which was sent to the sovereign of the political region.

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Jul 31, 20222 min read


Defining Crypto - Cross Chain Bridges
While Decentralized Finances (DeFi) promises a world where people can transfer their money without the hassle and transaction fees of banks, anybody who has tried to convert ETH to BNB recently knows it’s not so simple.

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Jul 31, 20221 min read


Play to Earn - Risk to Earn
The thesis behind play-to-earn (P2E) is clear and well-known: Players earn income or assets through gameplay, thanks partly to blockchain-based rewards, including tokens and non-fungible tokens [NFT] (White, 2022) [1] .

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Jul 31, 20222 min read


Defining Finance: Buybacks
Buyback as a concept is nothing new. It’s a simple way to remove digital assets from circulation, thus adjusting both their availability and overall value.

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Jun 22, 20222 min read


What is an Initial Coin Offering (ICO)?
An initial coin offering (ICO) is the cryptocurrency industry's equivalent to an initial public offering (IPO) . A company seeking to raise money to create a new coin, app, or service can launch an ICO as a way to raise funds.

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Jun 22, 20223 min read


What are Cryptocurrency Forks?
Cryptocurrency forks are sometimes must-have changes that are necessary for the development of a project. Upgrading and improving is part of the crypto technology’s daily routine, so if you’re interacting with the blockchain, it’s inevitable to experience a fork at some point.

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Jun 22, 20223 min read


Defining Finance: TLV
TLV crypto also known as Total value locked in crypto – indicates the total amount of cryptocurrency was locked on Decentralized finance...

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Jun 22, 20222 min read


Working with: Node(s)
In computer science, the term "node" simply means a device that plays a part in a larger network. In the context of crypto and...

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Jun 22, 20222 min read


Defining Finance: Slippage
When buying assets (Stocks, Cryptocurrency, Real Estate, etc.), an investor will calculate how much they need to spend, thereby calculating whether the investment is worth it and whether they’ll get a good return later.

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Jun 22, 20223 min read


Defining Finance: Tokenomics
Tokenomics is a relatively new field that involves financials and token design. Combing tokens and economics, it’s the study of how tokens are used within an ecosystem and the economic effects of those token use cases. Fundamentally, tokenomics is about creating incentives for users and developers to participate in and grow a project’s ecosystem (Becky, 2022) [1] .

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Jun 22, 20221 min read


Defining Finance: Unbanked
An individual is said to be unbanked when they do not hold any accounts at a bank or credit union. Households are unbanked when none of their members are bank account holders. While unbanked people do not have accounts like checking, savings, or money market accounts, they often make use of services like checks to cash, payday lending, rent-to-own services, and auto title loans (Wagemann, 2021).

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Jun 22, 20222 min read


What are Inflationary Tokens?
Inflationary tokens have no limit to how many units are in circulation. The supply of inflationary tokens becomes greater than the demand over time. As a result, the tokens start to lose their value with supply and demand discrepancies (Staff, 2022) [1] .

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Jun 15, 20221 min read


What Are Deflationary tokens
Deflationary tokens are a type of crypto token whose value tends to decrease gradually after a certain point in time called deflationary tokens. Buyback and burn and Burn on a transaction are the two strategies, that keep on restricting the market from getting prevented from over-flooding (Staff, 2022) [1] .

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Jun 15, 20223 min read


Decentralized Exchanges (DEX)
A decentralized exchange (or DEX) is a peer-to-peer marketplace where transactions occur directly between crypto traders. DEXs fulfill one of crypto’s core possibilities: fostering financial transactions that aren’t officiated by banks, brokers, or any other intermediary. Many popular DEXs, like Uniswap and Sushiwap, run on the Ethereum blockchain (Staff, 2022).

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Jun 7, 20224 min read

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