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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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ACryptoS says about $665,000 left its vaults. Deposits are closed. Withdrawals are not.

ACryptoS says about $665,429 left concentrated-liquidity vaults on five chains on 8 November. Deposits are rejected. Withdrawals stayed open. The project is retiring the vaults and is not promising to repay depositors.EasyCryptoGuides · 8 Nov 2026, 17:00 UTC · 3 min read

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Initia halted after unbacked tokens left a bridge. A pause is not a refund.

Initia halted on 23 October after unbacked bridged tokens left, and said on 2 November that the chain was back. On 10 November exchanges said blocks had stopped again. Later reports put about 605,000 USDC out. That is a new incident.EasyCryptoGuides · 23 Oct 2026, 16:00 UTC · 5 min read

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Arkadiko’s own vote installed a contract that emptied vaults. A quorum is not a lock.

Arkadiko said a governance attack on 22 October 2026 drained vault collateral, on the order of 2 million stSTX and 1.65 sBTC in its preliminary count. It paused governance and vault redemptions. It has not published a dollar total.EasyCryptoGuides · 22 Oct 2026, 21:00 UTC · 4 min read