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Algorand selects block proposers by a cryptographic lottery and finalises blocks in seconds without forks.

Hedera uses a hashgraph instead of a chain of blocks and is governed by a council of organisations.

Aptos is a layer 1 network built by former Diem engineers around the Move language and parallel transaction processing.

Inside a matching engine: which order is filled first, what makers and takers are, and why partial fills happen.

Market makers keep buy and sell orders on both sides of the book. How they earn, what risks they take and why markets need them.

Price differences between exchanges, spot and futures, or coins and their wrapped versions are closed by arbitrage.

Forced closing of leveraged positions can push prices further, triggering more liquidations. How the chain reaction works.

Daily ranges, standard deviation and implied volatility: the main ways to measure how much prices move.

Not all second factors are equal. How SMS codes, email codes, authenticator apps and hardware keys protect you — and where they fail.