DeFi

Short for decentralized finance, DeFi refers to peer-to-peer financial services that operate permissionlessly — check out major DeFi news, deep dives into DeFi protocols and guides on how to DeFi.

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Weekly Crypto Twitter Roundup, Jan. 21: of Basic Copyright Literacy and Synthetic Wombs

Elon Musk, Serena Williams, Vitalik Buterin and others have been the subject of some pretty harsh Twitter memes this week.

By Andrey Kartsev

Tech Deep Dives

What Is Fantom Maker (FAME)? A Democratic Launchpad for Fantom

CoinMarketCap dives into Fantom Maker, a launchpad and incubator primarily focused on the Fantom blockchain.

By Daniel Phillips

Tech Deep Dives

What Is Atlas DEX? A Capital Efficient Cross-Chain DEX and DeFi Optimizer

CoinMarketCap takes a deep dive into Atlas DEX, a decentralized exchange that looks to maximize the efficiency of trades

By Daniel Phillips

FOAN Continues Strong Fundamentals Growth in January Push

Despite the recent market slump, the FOAN — Fantom, Harmony, Cosmos and NEAR Protocol — group of alternate layer-1 blockchains have outperformed its peers.

By Daniel Phillips

Tech Deep Dives

What Is DePo (DEPO)? Features, Tokenomics, and Price Prediction

CoinMarketCap takes a deep dive into DePo (DEPO), a decentralized application platform that consolidates all crypto-related experiences in one place for new and experienced users.

By Hassan Shafiq

7 Ways to Generate Passive Income With Crypto

Tired of constantly keeping track of your portfolio, capitalizing on opportunities, and managing your positions? Here are seven ways to generate passive income with crypto!

By Daniel Phillips

Tech Deep Dives

What Is Multiverse Capital (MVC)? Features, Tokenomics, and Price Prediction

CoinMarketCap takes a deep dive into Multiverse Capital (MVC), a project that allows farming on multiple chains and provides profits to MVC holders.

By Hassan Shafiq

What Is a DAO? CoinMarketCap’s Definitive Guide

Decentralized autonomous organization explained, what you need to know about DAOs

Crypto Lost in Scams Hits $7.7B in 2021 — Up 81%

The surge has been fueled by a rise in so-called "rug pulls" — predominantly found in the world of decentralized finance.

By Connor Sephton

Crypto News, Dec. 15: Elon Goes DOGE, Again

Plus, Coinbase lets you see your NFTs, the weather moves to the blockchain and senators hold some crypto.

By CoinMarketCap

See Your NFTs Right on Coinbase

Coinbase is going full Web3 with its new wallet updates.

By Daniel Phillips

Tech Deep Dives

These Were the Worst Hacks of 2021 (So Far!)

Over $1.5 billion has been stolen across the top 10 crypto hacks, with the majority occurring on DeFi protocols. Find out more about how these hacks transpired.

By Daniel Phillips

Solana Is the Most Active Blockchain… Or Is it?

A look at the total on-chain transactions of various blockchains for the month of November and Solana comes out top, but is that really the case?

By Daniel Phillips

Tech Deep Dives

Curve Wars and the Emergency DAO

Mochi Inu rigged dominance on Curve Finance resulted in the setting up of an EmergencyDAO, which begs the question: can there really be true decentralization?

Crypto Crash Hit Metaverse and DeFi Tokens Hardest

With the metaverse still a fairly abstract concept that's yet to achieve mainstream adoption, it seems the current craze is based on hope of what these virtual worlds may one day be worth.

By Connor Sephton

Tech Deep Dives

A Deep Dive Into the Eight Most Popular OHM Forks

CoinMarketCap takes a deep dive into the eight most popular forks of Olympus. Learn about how these forks work and on which blockchains you can find them.

By Ivan Cryptoslav

Crypto News, Dec. 6: A Miserable Day for Crypto

Not only has billions of dollars been wiped off the total market cap of all cryptocurrencies, but more than $300 million has been stolen as a result of two audacious hacks.

By Connor Sephton

What Is DeFi 2.0?

While the actual meaning of DeFi 2.0 is currently evolving, its key component is the inclusion of alternatives to the pillar of DeFi 1.0, i.e liquidity mining. Read more!

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