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Oracle Manipulation in DeFi: What Happens When a Protocol Trusts Bad Data
Oracle manipulation drained millions from Ostium — not through a contract bug, but through bad data. The failure modes when DeFi protocols trust their price feeds.
The Agentic Brokerage: Why AI Signals Make Honest Backtesting More Important, Not Less
A thesis says trading platforms are going "agentic" — AI monitors, signals, executes. The structural part is right. The blind spot sits where money is lost.
Grid trading bots, honestly evaluated — what "consistent profits" leaves out
Grid bots are marketed as "low-risk" and, with AI, as a source of "consistent profits." We checked the claims against the mechanics: a grid earns on sideways oscillation, not trends — and "always trading" means trend-chasing. A fair breakdown, plus how to actually evaluate a grid bot.
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