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Terra’s collapse is what an algorithmic peg looks like when the bid dies

A token that was supposed to stay at $1 by minting and burning LUNA hyperinflated the seigniorage coin instead. Anchor’s yield was demand, not a law of physics.EasyCryptoGuides · 12 May 2022, 16:00 UTC · 2 min read

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Compound’s COMP drip is an incentive design, not free yield

About 2,880 COMP a day, split by market interest, half to each side. Governance theatre plus a token you can dump. Smart contracts still do not unwind a confused approval.EasyCryptoGuides · 15 Jun 2020, 14:00 UTC · 1 min read

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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

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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

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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