Plain-English explainers of the events that shaped crypto — the hacks, collapses and milestones, and what they teach us. 7 guides.
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The events that shaped crypto — the hacks, the collapses, the milestones — explained in plain English, long after the headlines have moved on. Less breaking-news noise, more ‘what actually happened, and what it teaches you’.
History rhymes in crypto: the same patterns behind past blow-ups keep coming back around. Understanding them is one of the best scam-spotting tools you have — which is why we look backwards as well as forwards.
What a spot Bitcoin ETF is, how the US approvals in January 2024 changed access, and the trade-offs versus hol
What the Bitcoin halving is, why it happens roughly every four years, how it controls Bitcoin's supply, and wh
How a 2016 smart-contract exploit drained around a third of The DAO's funds, why Ethereum split into ETH and E
What the September 2022 Ethereum Merge did, how the switch from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake cut energy use
How FTX went from a top crypto exchange to bankruptcy in days, what went wrong with Alameda Research and custo
How the world's biggest Bitcoin exchange lost around 850,000 BTC, what went wrong at Mt. Gox, and the lasting
How the UST stablecoin lost its dollar peg and wiped out tens of billions in days, why algorithmic stablecoins
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Because the lessons are permanent. Each collapse followed a recognisable pattern — over-leverage, opaque books, ‘trust me’ founders — and spotting those patterns early is exactly how you avoid the next one.
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