DeFiRiskStablecoinsLiquidityMEVEnterpriseRollupsL2RestakingAVS

Crypto infrastructure,
explained.

The mechanics behind DeFi, stablecoins, rollups, and restaking.

roguelite — bash
6
guides
114
min total
10
topic areas
DeFi · Risk

What Can Go Wrong

Understanding risk in decentralized finance

Smart contracts, liquidations, oracles, bridges, governance — the five ways DeFi breaks and what to watch for.

5 sections · 18 minRead →
Stablecoins

Stable by Design

How stablecoins maintain their peg

Fiat-backed, overcollateralized, algorithmic — the three models, their trade-offs, and what the failures taught us.

5 sections · 20 minRead →
Liquidity · MEV

How Money Moves

Liquidity, routing, and value extraction in DeFi

AMMs, bridges, intent-based routing, and MEV — the full stack of how value flows across chains.

5 sections · 18 minRead →
Enterprise · Rollups

Why Enterprises Care

The enterprise case for onchain infrastructure

Settlement finality, programmable payments, tokenized assets, and why rollups are the enterprise-grade answer.

5 sections · 20 minRead →
Rollups · L2

The Scaling Stack

How rollups conquered the throughput problem

Optimistic vs ZK, data availability, blobs, sequencers — the full architecture of how Ethereum scales without breaking.

5 sections · 20 minRead →
Restaking · AVS

Restaking and EigenLayer

Extending Ethereum security to new services

EigenLayer, liquid restaking tokens, AVSes, and the compounding risk stack that comes with restaking Ethereum.

5 sections · 18 minRead →