by Ekrem Duman | May 29, 2026 | Crypto Finance, DeFi
⚡ TL;DRDeFi risks fall into four broad categories: smart-contract exploits, rug pulls, oracle manipulation, and user error. Each has produced repeated nine-figure losses. Because transactions cannot be reversed and most protocols have no insurance, sound risk...
by Ekrem Duman | May 29, 2026 | Crypto Finance, DeFi
⚡ TL;DRYield farming is the practice of earning rewards by providing crypto to DeFi protocols. The base income is trading fees from liquidity pools, but advertised APYs are usually inflated by additional reward-token emissions. High yields almost always reflect higher...
by Ekrem Duman | May 29, 2026 | Crypto Finance, DeFi
⚡ TL;DRDeFi lending lets users earn yield by depositing crypto into a pool and borrow against their crypto without selling it — all through smart contracts. Loans are overcollateralized, meaning borrowers post more value than they take out, and a sharp price drop can...
by Ekrem Duman | May 29, 2026 | Crypto Finance, DeFi
⚡ TL;DRDecentralized finance, or DeFi, replaces banks, brokers, and exchanges with smart contracts that run on a blockchain. Decentralized exchanges (DEXs) and automated market makers (AMMs) let users swap tokens directly from their own wallets — fast and...
by Ekrem Duman | May 29, 2026 | Crypto Finance, Digital Assets
⚡ TL;DRThe Bitcoin halving cuts the new supply of BTC in half roughly every four years, tightening issuance toward the 21-million cap. Historically it has coincided with multi-year market cycles of boom and bust, though past patterns are not guaranteed to repeat and...
by Ekrem Duman | May 29, 2026 | Crypto Finance, Digital Assets
⚡ TL;DRCryptocurrencies have no cash flows, so traditional discounted-cash-flow models do not apply directly. Instead, analysts triangulate on-chain activity, relative valuation ratios versus peers, and qualitative factors like adoption and competition to judge...
