Welcome to the guide index. Everything published on Easy as Pie DeFi lives here, grouped by topic. Start with the foundations if you are new, then dive into whichever hub fits where you are in your crypto journey.
Featured guide hubs
Each hub is a curated section with a deeper set of articles.
Hyperliquid Guides
Funding rates, margin modes, TWAP execution, vaults beyond HLP, liquidations, risk management, and how to short. The mechanics of trading perps well on Hyperliquid.
HyperEVM Guides
Wallet stacks, protocol categories, and the five-minute framework for evaluating any new app on HyperEVM before you connect your wallet.
AI for Crypto
Claude and GPT for crypto users, building trading agents, running them 24/7, giving them a memory (Obsidian), and plugging them into live Hyperliquid data. The full AI-for-crypto stack.
Foundations: getting started in crypto
The basics anyone benefits from before going deeper.
- Getting Started with a VPN
- Protect Your Crypto: Why Beginners Need a Hardware Wallet
- Phantom Wallet for Beginners
- Setting up MetaMask
- Buying ETH with Metamask
- What is Gas?
- What is Gwei?
- Custom Gas for Faster Transactions
DeFi essentials
Working with the most common decentralized apps.
- Jump Into DeFi With Aave
- Buying and Selling a Token on Uniswap with Metamask
- Using CoinGecko with Uniswap
- Connect Metamask to Binance Smart Chain
Hyperliquid: the basics
Start here if you have never used Hyperliquid. For deeper trading topics, see the Hyperliquid Guides hub.
- What is Hyperliquid?
- How to Bridge to Hyperliquid
- What is Hyperliquid HLP?
- ELI5 PVP.Trade
- PVP.TRADE Guide
HyperEVM and meme coin apps
The growing HyperEVM-side ecosystem. For deeper coverage see the HyperEVM Guides hub.
- Intro to HyperEVM
- Intro to Hypurr Fun
- How to Export Your Hypurr Fun Private Key
- Beginner’s Guide to alt.fun
Trading bots and sniper bots
Tools that automate quick reactions on memecoins and new pairs.
Hyperliquid trading deep dives
Once you have the basics, these guides cover the mechanics of trading perps well. Read in the Hyperliquid Guides hub for the recommended order, or jump into individual topics.
- Hyperliquid Funding Rates Explained
- Cross vs Isolated Margin on Hyperliquid
- Hyperliquid TWAP and Scale Orders Explained
- Hyperliquid Vaults Beyond HLP
- Liquidations 101
- Risk Management for Perps Beginners
- How to Short Crypto on Hyperliquid
HyperEVM guides
AI for crypto
Practical ways to use AI tools alongside your crypto workflow. The full set lives in the AI for Crypto hub.
Foundations
- What is Claude AI? A Beginner’s Guide for Crypto Users
- What is OpenAI Codex? A Crypto User’s Guide
- Claude Code: Build Your First AI Agent
Building trading agents
- Building Your First Trading Agent with GPT-5.5
- Hermes: An Always-On AI Stack for Crypto Investors
- OpenClaw: Browser Automation for Crypto Research
- Running Your AI Trading Agent 24/7: Mac Mini vs VPS
AI memory and data
- The Obsidian Vault: Your AI Agent’s Self-Learning Brain
- Building a Trading Journal Your AI Agent Can Read
- The Hyperliquid API for Trading Agents
- Building Real-Time Data Pipelines from Hyperliquid
Smart contract analysis
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Glossary
Short reference entries for the terms you’ll meet across perps, HyperEVM, and wallet hygiene. Definition-first, with deep-dive links.