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Trading crypto with understanding, how it differs from Forex, and managing risk in a 24/7 market.
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The Bitcoin Halving and the 4-Year Cycle: How Strong Is the Evidence?
The halving cuts new bitcoin in half every 210,000 blocks, but its effect on price is unproven. Issuance that shrinks each time, only 4 cycles, stock-to-flow and sizing.
9 min readWhere DeFi Yield Comes From: Liquidity Pools, Impermanent Loss, Staking, Lending
Crypto yield is never free. The x·y=k pool, the impermanent loss formula, the fees needed to break even, real staking yield, liquidation and smart-contract risk.
10 min readCrypto Risks Beyond Price: Exchange Failure, Wallets, Seed Phrases, Stablecoins
Coins don't only vanish when price falls. Custody risk, hot vs cold wallets, proof of reserves, stablecoin depegs, wrong-network transfers and approval scams, explained.
12 min readPerpetual Futures Explained: Funding Rate, Mark Price and Liquidation Price
Perpetual contracts never expire, but longs and shorts pay each other funding. Learn mark price, isolated vs cross margin, and how to work out a liquidation price.
7 min readCrypto Position Sizing: Same Dollar Risk, Coins That Swing Differently
Crypto size = dollar risk ÷ stop distance in dollars. BTC and ETH examples, comparing coins with ATR%, fees on both sides, and why several coins are one bet.
9 min readCrypto vs forex trading, what is different?
Market hours, volatility, units and where you trade. Four things to know before moving from forex to crypto, or the other way round.
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