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Counterparty risk

What crypto means by it

The risk that whoever is holding your money cannot give it back. It does not disappear in crypto, it just moves from a bank to an exchange, an issuer or a protocol.

What you already know this as

Exactly the same phrase, and exactly the same idea. It is why deposit insurance was invented.

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