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DeFi

DeFi is software with rules you cannot call support about

Decentralised finance is a set of contracts that hold coins and follow instructions. No helpdesk will unwind a confused click. Here is the product map without a farm ranking.EasyCryptoGuides · 18 Mar 2026 · 5 min read

Ethereum

Ethereum without the jargon

Bitcoin is mostly a ledger of coins. Ethereum adds a way to run small programs on that shared computer. Here is what that means in ordinary language, including the bits that confuse newcomers.EasyCryptoGuides · 5 Aug 2026 · 4 min read

Blockchain

A bridge is extra software, not a tunnel

A cross-chain bridge is a contract — or a committee — that watches one notebook and writes on another. Useful. Historically accident-prone. Here is the product map without a ranking of remaining holes.EasyCryptoGuides · 13 May 2026 · 5 min read

Blockchain

On-chain fees are an auction, not a punishment

A network fee is a bid for limited room in the next block — or the next batch. Wallets guess. Failed Ethereum transactions can still cost gas. Layer-2s are cheaper because they share the bill, not because fees were abolished.EasyCryptoGuides · 1 Apr 2026 · 6 min read

DeFi

What is Liquity USD (LUSD)?

LUSD is a stablecoin from the Liquity protocol: over-collateralised with ETH, redeemable, with a stability pool. The peg is a mechanism, not a promise from a treasury.EasyCryptoGuides · 6 Jan 2022 · 3 min read

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• DeFiApps that move coins with smart contracts instead of a company helpdesk.

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Security

Cosmos Hub restarted and moved 1,227,121 ATOM. That is a validator choice, not finality.

On 23 September 2026 Cosmos Hub resumed at 12:00 UTC on Gaia v28.3.0. A one-time state change at height 33,086,741 moved 1,227,121 ATOM from a Neutron attacker’s account to a 4-of-6 recovery multisig.EasyCryptoGuides · 23 Sept 2026, 16:00 UTC · 3 min read

Security

Nomic’s nBTC broke. Osmosis froze allBTC. A voucher is not bitcoin.

On 9 September 2026 Osmosis said about 39.84 nBTC — roughly 36% of Alloyed BTC backing — was affected. An emergency upgrade froze 22.65 BTC. Mint and redeem are paused.EasyCryptoGuides · 9 Sept 2026, 11:00 UTC · 3 min read

Security

Cronos rolled back ~11,000 blocks after Tectonic. That is a validator choice, not finality.

On 30 August 2026 Cronos halted at block 90,907,150 and restored state to 90,896,188. About $111.2 million reversed on-chain; about $9.19 million had already left.EasyCryptoGuides · 30 Aug 2026, 16:00 UTC · 3 min read