DeFi

Decentralized finance: lending, DEXs, yields and the risks behind them.

What Is Hyperliquid (HYPE)? The Trending Token Explained

Categories Crypto, DeFi 7 min read
Stock exchange display showing a yellow index line chart and red-green price columns (what is Hyperliquid)

Hyperliquid’s HYPE trades at $77.16, about 21% below its $97.96 all-time high, according to CoinGecko. If you’re asking what is Hyperliquid and why it keeps showing up on trending lists, the short answer is that it’s a blockchain built mainly to run a futures exchange, and HYPE is the token that pays for, secures and governs that chain. It’s also down 12.23% this week, so this is a good moment to understand it before…

Gnosis Pay Breach, Binance Hack, Gopax: What to Do Now

Categories Crypto, DeFi 8 min read
Hand swiping a blue payment card through a countertop card terminal with keypad (Gnosis Pay breach)

The Gnosis Pay breach, detected on November 3, exposed card numbers, home addresses and linked wallets. If you hold a crypto card, that’s the incident to act on this week. It came alongside new laundering moves from the $6.34 billion Binance hack and a withdrawal and trading freeze at South Korean exchange Gopax. Below I cover what happened in each case and the checklist I’d work through today.