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What is DeFi Insurance and How Does it Work?

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  Introduction DeFi insurance has the exact definition of conventional insurance. DeFi insurance prevents economic losses due to circumstances inside the DeFi ecosystem. DeFi insurance protocols can give caution and act as a security net for the crypto business, much more like blockchain does that for the mainstream standard insurance sector. Let's say you have money on a  DeFi  platform locked up, either as an individual or a business. You want to insure yourself against this risk since you know you could lose your capital if this platform or protocol is compromised. As a result, you take an insurance DeFi provider and pay a specified sum to be insured if you lose your capital due to a particular, predetermined occurrence. Depending on the type, length, and protection provider, your price for it can vary greatly. On Nexus Mutual, for instance, you pay 0.0259 ETH to insure 1 ETH for a year against a Binance attack (at the time of writing). Understanding the events you purchase cove