Crypto Basics

Crypto Basics

When an Exchange Freezes Your Account

The channel picked the exchange. The frozen balance and the paperwork are yours. Here is what actually triggers an AML hold, what the exchange can and cannot do, and how following signals into an account you did not choose raises the odds.

ChainRated Research Sep 16, 2026 9 min read
Crypto Basics

Exchange fees: the bill that arrives whether the call was right or not

One trade's fee is too small to notice. The channel that gives you three calls a day gives you ninety chances a month to pay it, and the total is the one number in this arrangement that is known before anything happens.

ChainRated Research Sep 7, 2026 13 min read
Crypto Basics

Did the trade ever happen? Replaying one signal on a chart

You do not need to know anything about trading to check a trading call. You need the message timestamp, a chart with history, and four questions asked in the right order.

ChainRated Research Sep 4, 2026 10 min read
Crypto Basics

Liquidation explained: why 20x leaves less room than you think

At 20x the naive expectation is 5% of room. The real distance is shorter, it shrinks while you hold, and in the signal posts we parsed the stop often sits past it - so the position dies before the stop is ever reached.

ChainRated Research Aug 9, 2026 12 min read
Crypto Basics

Spot, futures and perpetuals: what you actually trade

Spot means you own the coins; a dated future has a deadline; a perpetual has no deadline, a funding meter and a liquidation price. Nearly every signal you will ever receive trades the third one.

ChainRated Research Aug 8, 2026 9 min read
Crypto Basics

Which order type turns a published entry into a position

The channel publishes a price. What you type into the order ticket decides whether that price becomes a position, a worse position, or nothing at all, and each choice fails in its own way.

ChainRated Research Aug 8, 2026 10 min read
Crypto Basics

Funding rates: why a signal trade melts while it waits

A signal tells you where to get in and where to get out. It never tells you how long you will be holding, and on a perpetual the holding time has a price that is charged three times a day.

ChainRated Research Aug 8, 2026 9 min read
Crypto Basics

What happens to your money if a crypto exchange fails

If you follow signals, your money sits on an exchange most of the time. Four public collapses show what actually happens next, and which of it you decide at signup.

ChainRated Research Aug 8, 2026 9 min read
Crypto Basics

Crypto wallets explained: custody, keys, and safety

A wallet does not hold coins — it holds the keys that move them. What that means in practice, and the small set of mistakes that cause most losses.

ChainRated Research Jul 18, 2026 5 min read