Explainers

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The Inevitable Marriage of Yield Farming and NFTs, Explained
NFTs had managed to be expensive but they had not managed to be liquid – not until DeFi thinking intervened.
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breakdown-9-23
Violent Reflexivity: Why Market Movements Are More Aggressive Than Ever, Feat. Corey Hoffstein
How the Fed and the rise of passive investing and volatility strategies have combined to make market movements faster and more severe.
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Supply of Tokenized Bitcoin on Ethereum Now Tops $1.1B: Here's Why
The supply of BitGo’s wrapped bitcoins (WBTC) topped 76,000 after setting an all-time record of nearly 21,000 WBTC minted within one week. Here’s why.
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breakdown-9-15
The Decade of the Living Dead: How Zombie Companies Are Robbing Tomorrow’s Economy
The percentage of companies that can’t afford to pay the interest on their debt has reached a new all-time high in the wake of central bank intervention.
breakdown-9-15

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Filecoin: Understanding the Complex Crypto System Meant to Rival AWS
Filecoin and its FIL token might be the most complex thing the blockchain industry has ever brought to market. Here's what you need to know.
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What Is Yearn Finance? The DeFi Gateway Everyone Is Talking About
Some $650 million has poured into Yearn.Finance since mid-August. Can Yearn and its YFI token be the mass-market gateway to DeFi?
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What Is Yield Farming? The Rocket Fuel of DeFi, Explained
If all these terms ("DeFi," "liquidity mining," "yield farming") are so much Greek to you, fear not. We're here to catch you up.
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How MakerDAO Works: A Video Explainer
An illustrated guide to the decentralized finance (DeFi) lending platform MakerDAO and its tokens, MKR and DAI.
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