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How prediction markets price probability, resolve outcomes, and handle $4B in volume. A plain-English explainer of LMSR, order books, and oracle settlement.
Learn how prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi use automated market makers, liquidity pools, and oracles to turn any real-world event into a tradeable contract.
Automated market makers replaced order books with a simple formula. Learn how AMMs price tokens, pay liquidity providers, and why concentrated liquidity changed DeFi.
Ethena's USDe holds its dollar peg using delta-neutral hedging, not banks or overcollateral. Learn exactly how the mechanism works and where the yield comes from.
Cross-chain bridges have lost over $2.5 billion to exploits. Learn how blockchain bridges actually work, why they are vulnerable, and what safer designs exist.
Smart contracts can't access outside data on their own. Learn how blockchain oracles like Chainlink bridge the gap, and why their design determines DeFi's security.