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CRYPTO GLOSSARY

Leverage

Buying crypto with borrowed money. It multiplies gains and losses alike.

Leverage in more detail

Leverage multiplies gains and losses alike.

FROM LESSON 43 · 5 MIN READLending and borrowing in DeFiDeFi loans are backed by collateral, not credit checks. Learn how lending pools pay interest, what a health factor is, and how a price fall can liquidate a borrower.Read the lesson

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