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How-to Guides
Binance Marketplace: The New Super App to Spend Your Crypto
A guide on how to use the Binance Marketplace.
By Werner Vermaak
1yr ago
7m
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Crypto Basics
Arbitrum vs Optimism: The Ultimate Comparison
The ARB token is finally live. The duel for the king of Ethereum scaling solutions enters a new phase.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
6m
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Crypto Basics
Layer 0 Blockchains: Closing the Gaps Between Blockchains
The segregation within crypto caused by blockchain tribalism has made it difficult to interact with multiple blockchains at the same time. Find out how Layer 0s aim to solve this problem.
By Daniel Phillips
1yr ago
7m
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How-to Guides
How to Create Your Own Cryptocurrency
Ready to get into the crypto game? It is not as difficult as you think! Learn how to create your own cryptocurrency with our step-by-step guide!
By Werner Vermaak
1yr ago
12m
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Crypto Basics
Why Do Stablecoins Depeg?
Recent market volatility has caused stablecoins to deviate from its peg — here's a look at why.
By Andrey Sergeenkov
1yr ago
3m
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Tech Deep Dives
What Is Core DAO? Features And Tokenomics
CoinMarketCap Academy takes a deep dive into Core, a layer-one blockchain utilizing a novel mechanism termed Satoshi Plus, developed by the Core DAO.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
5m
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Tech Deep Dives
DeSoc: A Deep Dive Into Decentralized Social Networks
A deep dive into social networks on the blockchain, how they compared to their centralized counterparts, and some of the most popular DeSoc protocols in the market now.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
10m
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Crypto Basics
What Is an API Key?
APIs are a convenient way of developing a channel between different applications. Let's find out how APIs work and the ways they are assisting the crypto ecosystem!
By Daniel Phillips
1yr ago
5m
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Crypto Basics
20 Popular Blockchain Analytics Tools and Companies
Blockchain and crypto analytics tools offer deep data insights to real-time analysis; this can assist your crypto research and help you understand the blockchain ecosystem better.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
9m
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Tech Deep Dives
Cardano's IOG Launches EVM-Compatible Sidechain Toolkit
Input Output Global (IOG) has launched an EVM-compatible sidechain toolkit to help developers with the creation of custom sidechains.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
3m
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Trading Analysis
Explaining The Crypto China Narrative
All you need to know about what's driving the China crypto narrative.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
5m
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How-to Guides
Crypto Asset Valuation: How to Value Crypto Protocols and Blockchains
With different crypto protocols available in the market, it can be difficult to assess the value of new projects. Learn the fundamentals of crypto asset valuation!
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
9m
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Tech Deep Dives
A Deep Dive Into Fuel Network
CMC Academy takes a deep dive into Fuel Network, which claims to be the world's fastest modular execution layer for blockchain scalability.
By Crypto Elephant
1yr ago
4m
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Blockchain
Coinbase is Launching a New Layer 2 Network on Ethereum
The U.S. crypto exchange has launched a testnet of a new Ethereum Layer 2 solution intended to give DApp developers access to 110 million Coinbase users and the on-chain ecosystem.
By Leo Jakobson
1yr ago
2m
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Tech Deep Dives
What Is Canto? Features And Tokenomics
CoinMarketCap Academy takes a look at trending new layer-1 blockchain Canto, which aims to support free public infrastructure for DeFi.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
6m
Easy
Crypto Basics
How to Invest in Crypto Without Buying it
Many people want to invest in crypto, but if you are strapped for cash, there are still ways to do that. CoinMarketCap Academy takes a look at how to invest in crypto without buying it.
By CryptoJelleNL
1yr ago
5m
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Crypto Basics
Why Does Solana Have So Many Transactions?
A look at how to meaningfully compare transactions between various layer-ones and layer-two blockchains.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
2m
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Crypto Basics
Blockchain and AI: What’s Behind the Hype
Blockchain and artificial intelligence have been converging for more than five years — with the first blockchain projects to leverage AI appearing in early 2018.
By Daniel Phillips
1yr ago
9m