Crypto Markets Writer
Tony Rabbit is a crypto markets writer at DEXTools News covering decentralized finance, on-chain trends, and trading narratives. He turns DEXTools live on-chain data into clear, actionable explanations for everyday readers, with a focus on new token launches, memecoins, liquidity, token safety, and how DEX market structure actually behaves. His reporting leans on primary sources and verifiable on-chain evidence over hype.
1469 articles published
Loss versus rebalancing (LVR) is the structural cost liquidity providers bleed to arbitrageurs as the external market price moves. Here is how it differs from impermanent loss, how it fits LP profit and loss, and how new AMM designs fight it.
Just-in-time liquidity (JIT) is an MEV strategy where a bot adds concentrated liquidity in the same block as a large swap, captures most of the fee, then withdraws. Here is how it works, who wins, and how it differs from a sandwich attack.
Binance confirmed it withdrew its MiCA licence application in Greece on June 24, 2026 and will stop serving EU residents from July 1 without a licence. Binance says user assets remain safe and accessible and that it is not leaving Europe, even as a Financial Times report framed the move as telling customers to withdraw.
Polymarket confirmed on June 25, 2026 that a compromised third-party vendor injected a malicious script into its front-end, tricking some users into approving transfers that drained their funds. Polymarket said it contained the incident and will refund affected users in full. On-chain analysts estimate roughly 3 million dollars in losses.
A clear, math-grounded look at how the stableswap amplification curve delivers near-zero slippage between pegged assets, and what happens to liquidity providers when one side depegs.
ERC-4626 is the token standard that powers nearly every modern DeFi yield vault. Learn how shares accrue yield, how deposits and withdrawals work, why composability matters, and the first-depositor inflation attack to watch for.
A clear breakdown of the liquidation penalty, health factor and close factor in Aave and Compound style lending, with a worked example and tips to stay safe.
A flash loan attack weaponizes a legitimate DeFi primitive, borrowing millions with no collateral, manipulating a price, and repaying it all in one atomic transaction. Here is how the mechanism works and how protocols defend against it.
Base token vs quote token explained in plain terms: which side gets priced, why the quote asset sets the units, and how to read any DEX pair on DEXTools without getting confused.
The DEXT Score is an automated audit rating from 0 to 99 that DEXTools assigns to a token based on its contract, liquidity, and holder data. Learn what it measures, how to read it, and why it should never be your only check.
A practical, no-fluff guide to cutting gas costs on decentralized exchanges: how base and priority fees work, when to trade, which chains to use, and how to tune settings without getting stuck.
A failed DEX swap usually traces back to one of five causes: slippage set too low, not enough gas or priority fee, a token tax that triggers a revert, a honeypot blocking sells, or an expired Solana blockhash. Here is how to diagnose each and fix it fast.
