Scam patterns
Malicious calendar invitations
An unsolicited event inserts scam links into a trusted calendar.
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Scam patterns
Malicious token approvals
A transaction grants a spender authority over assets already held by the victim.
Crypto history
Mango Markets oracle manipulation
Mango Markets was manipulated in 2022 through trading that raised collateral value before assets were borrowed.
KOLs & promotion
Manufactured social proof
Several accounts repeating one campaign are not several independent confirmations.
Market structure
Market cap is not money available to withdraw
Valuation, circulating supply and executable liquidity measure different things.
Markets & incentives · Core market mechanics
Market cap versus the exit: a worked liquidity model
A marginal quote values the whole supply on paper. Selling a position changes the pool that produced that quote.
Market structure
Market makers: inventory, fees and conflicts
A liquidity agreement can shape trading without appearing in a token's public chart.
Market structure
Market-maker token loans
A firm borrows inventory under options, floors or recall rights.
MASTR research
MASTR on X: incentives, influence and exchange flows
Selected public posts connected to the research topics they address.
MASTR research
MASTR's Crypto Survival Guide
The four-part guide connects market structure, KOL incentives, safety claims and operational decisions.
Market structure
Maximal extractable value
MEV is captured by selecting, inserting or reordering transactions.
Crypto history
Mayweather and Khaled ICO promotions
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and DJ Khaled settled SEC charges concerning payments for ICO promotion.
Scam patterns
Memo and destination-tag scams
A request pairs a valid exchange address with an attacker-controlled memo or tag.
Blockchain fundamentals
Merkle proofs: verify inclusion against a known commitment
A short proof is useful only when its root belongs to the state you intended to trust.
Market structure
MEV: measure the execution, not just the chart
Ordering can change the price a user receives inside a block.
Binance, CZ & Trump
MGX, Binance and USD1: the conflict-of-interest question
A $2 billion investment, a politically connected stablecoin and a documented request for records.
Crypto history
Mining Capital Coin
US prosecutors charged Mining Capital Coin leadership over an alleged mining and investment fraud.
Wallets & security
Mint-authority dilution
A live mint authority creates new supply at existing holders' expense.
Blockchain fundamentals
Mnemonic recovery phrases
A mnemonic encodes entropy used to derive wallet keys.
Scam patterns
Money-mule recruitment
A job asks someone to receive and forward crypto or fiat for a fee.
Crypto history
Mt. Gox: the long tail of a custody failure
From the 2014 exchange collapse to civil rehabilitation and repayments: custody, creditor claims and the dates behind the headlines.
Crypto history
Multichain bridge collapse
Multichain halted after abnormal transfers and uncertainty over control of cross-chain infrastructure.
Wallets & security
Multisig modules: the threshold is only part of the story
Enabled modules can add execution paths beyond the familiar owner flow.
Wallets & security
Multisig security depends on independent control
Several approvals help only to the extent that keys, people and verification paths do not share one failure.
Infrastructure & ownership · Web3 identity
Names and sign-in: readable identity without assuming trust
A name can resolve an address and a signature can prove key control. Neither alone establishes a trustworthy person or business.
Blockchain fundamentals
NFT metadata persistence
An NFT points to metadata and media that may live offchain.
Blockchain fundamentals
NFT metadata: where the image and its description actually live
Token ownership, media storage and licence rights are different records.
Infrastructure & ownership · 2017 onward
NFTs after the boom: the token, the artwork and the permission
An ownership record, an image file and a licence are different objects. A durable reference follows all three.