Crypto Guides
Prices in crypto markets move quickly, while the concepts behind them change slowly. This page puts those concepts in an order that can be learned step by step: what a crypto asset is, how Bitcoin and Ethereum work, what stablecoins are, how real-world assets are tokenized, how to read market data, which trading terms matter and where the risks lie. Each guide names its sources by domain, shows the date it was updated and points to the matching price and tool pages on Lzzo.com. The guides are educational and do not point to any asset to hold or trade. New guides join their subtopic as they are published.
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Crypto basics
What a crypto asset is, how a coin differs from a token and how the technology underneath works.
1.What Is Cryptocurrency? How It Works and Main Types
What is cryptocurrency, how does a blockchain record transfers, what kinds of crypto assets exist and what risks do they carry? A plain-language guide.
8 min read ·
2.Coin vs Token: What Is the Difference?
Coin vs token: a coin is the native unit of its own blockchain, a token is defined by a smart contract on an existing one. Explained with the ERC-20 standard.
6 min read ·
Bitcoin and Ethereum
How the Bitcoin and Ethereum networks are built, what they are used for and the events that shape them.
1.What Is Bitcoin and How Does It Work?
What is Bitcoin? How the network confirms payments without a bank, what miners do, why supply stops near 21 million, and the main risks to know.
9 min read ·
2.What Is the Bitcoin Halving? Block Subsidy and Dates
What is the Bitcoin halving, and how does the block subsidy halve every 210,000 blocks? The 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024 dates, block heights and supply effect.
6 min read ·
Stablecoins
Tokens that aim to track one currency, what stands behind them and what happens when the link breaks.
1.What Is a Stablecoin? How It Works, Types and Risks
A stablecoin is a crypto token built to hold one US dollar. See how reserves and redemption work, the main designs, the risks and how rules treat them.
9 min read ·
2.What Is a Stablecoin Depeg?
A stablecoin depeg is a price move away from its $1 peg. See how the gap is measured, why it happens and which cases are documented by official sources.
6 min read ·
3.What Is Tether (USDT)? How It Works and Its Risks
What is USDT (Tether)? Which blockchains carry it, who can mint and redeem it directly, what reserve reports show and the risks behind the dollar peg.
6 min read ·
RWA and tokenization
How real-world assets such as shares and gold are represented by tokens, and what a token does and does not give its holder.
1.What Is a Tokenized Stock? Structures, Rights and Risks
What is a tokenized stock, what does the holder own, how are dividends and splits handled, and why can the token price differ from the share price?
9 min read ·
2.What Are Real-World Assets (RWA)?
What are real-world assets (RWA), what does tokenization change, what does a token holder actually own, and why can a token price differ from the asset?
9 min read ·
3.What Is Tokenized Gold? PAXG, XAUT and the Risks
What tokenized gold is, how tokens such as PAXG and XAUT relate to one troy ounce of vaulted gold, what redemption involves and which risks apply.
6 min read ·
Market data
How to read the figures and indices published about the crypto market.
1.How to Read the Crypto Fear and Greed Index
How to read the Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index: what feeds the 0-100 score, how to judge zone, direction and duration, and why it is not a signal to buy or sell.
6 min read ·
2.What Is Bitcoin Dominance? How Is It Calculated?
Bitcoin dominance is Bitcoin's share of total crypto market value. Learn the formula, a worked example and why the ratio is not one fixed number.
6 min read ·
Trading terms
Order types, leverage and liquidation, explained as terms rather than as strategies.
1.Crypto Order Types: What Are Market, Limit and Stop-Limit Orders?
Market, limit and stop-limit orders compared: slippage, the risk of no fill, order duration and maker-taker fees, with an illustrative order book example.
9 min read ·
2.What Is Leverage and Liquidation? Risks and a Worked Example
Leverage opens a position several times larger than its collateral; liquidation is its forced closing. See the risk framework and a worked example.
6 min read ·
Risk and security
Where losses come from: meme coins, rug pulls, scams, seed phrases and wallets.
1.What Is a Meme Coin?
A meme coin is a crypto asset built on a joke or trend. See how it differs from other coins, why prices swing, the main risks and how US rules describe it.
9 min read ·
2.What Is a Rug Pull in Crypto?
A rug pull is when insiders drain a token's pool or block selling. See the methods, what a liquidity lock proves and where US victims can report.
6 min read ·
3.What Is a Seed Phrase? How Does a Recovery Phrase Work?
A seed phrase, also called a recovery phrase, is the word list that restores a crypto wallet. Learn how BIP-39 builds it and why it should not be shared.
6 min read ·
4.What Is a Cold Wallet and How Does It Differ from a Hot Wallet?
A hot wallet connects to the internet, while a cold wallet keeps its keys off the network. Compare their risks, exchange custody and Türkiye's legal framework.
8 min read ·
5.What Are the Common Crypto Scam Methods?
Fake investment platforms, phishing, fake airdrops and recovery promises: the common crypto scam methods, their warning signs and Türkiye's legal framework.
9 min read ·
Tax and regulation (Turkey)
Dated notes on how crypto assets are treated by Turkish law and tax rules.
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This page is for education only and is not investment advice. Crypto assets carry a high level of risk. Editorial policy