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Experienced Crypto Investor Loses $1.7M in Hot Wallet Hack, and Reveals How It Happened

Arthur_0x said "I'm not sure how I can persuade most normal people to put a substantial part of their networth on-chain anymore" — and warns crypto users to stay vigilant.

By Connor Sephton

Ultra-low Fees on EVM-compatible Chains: Have It Held Up?

A look at the top EVM-compatible blockchains and whether transaction fees have remained low as promised.

By Daniel Phillips

Who Is Andre Cronje?

Academy by CoinmarketCap explores the past, present and future of Andre Cronje, one of the rockstar developers in DeFi that recently left the industry.

By Ivan Cryptoslav

Tech Deep Dives

Crypto Staking Guide 2022

It's 2022, and despite a lacklustre 2021 for DeFi, TVL continues to grow as stakers increase — but what exactly is staking, and how can you stake in the crypto markets?

By Werner Vermaak

Chainalysis Unveils Free Sanctions Screening Tools

The blockchain intelligence firm says the services are specifically designed to help decentralized exchanges, DeFi platforms, DAOs and DApp developers.

By Connor Sephton

How Much Are People Paying to Use Crypto

A look at how much fees people are paying to use different blockchains and decentralized applications like DEXes.

By Daniel Phillips

Renowned DeFi Developer Andre Cronje Quits Industry

Andre Cronje launched Yearn Finance and Keep3rV1, and had also played an instrumental role in the creation of countless other DeFi protocols — and token prices are now plunging.

By Connor Sephton

Tech Deep Dives

What Is Solidly Exchange? Features, Tokenomics and Price Prediction

CoinMarketCap Academy takes a deep dive into Solidly Exchange, the new DeFi AMM built on Fantom by star developer Andre Cronje.

By Ivan Cryptoslav

EIP-1559 Has Now Burned More Than $5 Billion in ETH

Ethereum EIP-1559 went live on Aug. 4, 2021, as part of an improvement proposal to upgrade the transaction fee system. It has since burned over 1.8M Ether so far.

By Daniel Phillips

Tech Deep Dives

What Is ParaState (STATE)? A Platform That Brings Ethereum DApps to Polkadot

ParaState plans to bring Ethereum smart contracts to Polkadot.

By Daniel Phillips

Crypto News, Feb. 4: Wormhole Bounces Back

Also today, Nintendo says it is interested in exploring NFTs and the metaverse... on one condition.

By Connor Sephton

Tech Deep Dives

What Is Anchor Protocol (ANC)? Features, Tokenomics and Price Prediction

CoinMarketCap takes a deep dive into Anchor Protocol (ANC), a platform on Terra blockchain that offers low-volatile yields to users who deposit UST — Terra stablecoins.

By Hassan Shafiq

Is Wonderland's Sifu Laundering Thousands of ETH?

Data from Etherscan shows that sifu.eth — an address that is believed to be linked to Michael Patryn — has sent 2,000 ETH to Tornado Cash, worth $5.5 million at current rates.

By Connor Sephton

Wonderland DeFi Protocol to Shut Down After Scandal

Wonderland's demise is also sending shockwaves through the rest of the crypto ecosystem, not least because of the interconnected nature of DeFi protocols.

By Connor Sephton

Quadriga Co-Founder Was Working for DeFi Protocol

Wonderland's co-founder Daniele Sestagalli has now asked Michael Patryn to step down from this position — and admitted that he had known about his past for a month.

By Connor Sephton

How to Detect a Crypto Rug Pull

There are a few easy things you can do to avoid falling into a rug pull.

By Werner Vermaak

Tech Deep Dives

Impermanent Loss: What Is It and How Can I Reduce Its Impact?

Is the risk of impermanent loss worth the possible rewards?

By Werner Vermaak

Tech Deep Dives

You Might Be Surprised Which Blockchain Leads this DeFi Metric

Total value locked in DeFi protocols is one metric to tell adoption of the blockchain, but the ratio of MCAP to TVL could tell which competing chains have a higher DeFi utilization rate.

By Daniel Phillips

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