Tech Deep Dives

The crypto industry is rapidly changing — that’s what makes it so much fun, but it can become easy to get lost in the whirl of new technologies. CMC’s tech deep dives are here to help.
Difficulty
Easy
Moderate
Hard
Reading time
Layout

Articles (566)

Easy
Tech Deep Dives
OpenSea vs Blur: Tracking The NFT Marketplace War
The NFT marketplace war heats up — here's how OpenSea and Blur stand head-to-head.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
5m
Easy
Tech Deep Dives
What Is Blur? Features and Tokenomics
CoinMarketCap Academy takes a deep dive into Blur, an NFT marketplace challenging OpenSea for market dominance.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
4m
Easy
Tech Deep Dives
What Is Base? Coinbase’s Layer-Two Chain Explained
CoinMarketCap Academy looks at Base — Coinbase's newly-launched layer-2 solution built on the Optimism tech stack.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
4m
Easy
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
Moderate
Tech Deep Dives
What Is Redacted Cartel's Decentralized Stablecoin — Dinero
Following the launch of Hidden Hand and Pirex, OHM fork Redacted Cartel is launching its new, native stablecoin — Dinero.
By 0xKira
1yr ago
5m
Moderate
Tech Deep Dives
What Is Curve's Decentralized Stablecoin — CrvUSD
A deep dive into CrvUSD — a native collateralized-debt-position (CDP) stablecoin based on Curve Finance's Lending-Liquidating AMM Algorithm (LLAMMA).
By 0xKira
1yr ago
5m
Moderate
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
Moderate
Tech Deep Dives
Deep Dive Into Generative Art — A Future Hype?
Generative art is one of those things you don’t hear about until it’s too late. And then you wish you had heard about it earlier.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
9m
Moderate
Tech Deep Dives
What Is Aave's Decentralized Stablecoin — GHO?
GHO — a decentralized, over-collateralized stablecoin native to top DeFi lending protocol Aave — successfully deployed on Ethereum mainnet.
By 0xKira
1yr ago
6m
Moderate
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
Moderate
Tech Deep Dives
What Are Bitcoin Ordinals? The Ultimate Guide To Bitcoin NFTs
Are Bitcoin Ordinals the next big innovation in the Bitcoin space, or an attack on Bitcoin's fungibility?
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
9m
Moderate
Tech Deep Dives
A Deep Dive Into DePin (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure)
CoinMarketCap Academy takes a deep dive into Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks, an attempt to incentivize individuals for contributing to the infrastructure industry.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
11m
Moderate
Tech Deep Dives
The Ultimate Guide to NFT Royalties and NFT Marketplaces in 2023
An overview of the current state of NFT marketplaces, and how the debate over NFT creator royalties are dividing the space.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
9m
Easy
Tech Deep Dives
A Deep Dive Into NFTs in Fashion and Luxury
A look at how luxury and fashion brands are utilizing NFTs to take customer engagement to the next level.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
11m
Moderate
Tech Deep Dives
Ethereum's Shanghai Upgrade — Everything You Need To Know
With the Ethereum Shanghai upgrade slated to happen sometime in Q1 2023, here's what you need to know leading up to the hard fork.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
5m
Moderate
Tech Deep Dives
State of DeFi in 2023
How has DeFi fared in 2023 so far?
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
10m
Moderate
Tech Deep Dives
A Deep Dive Into EigenLayer: Restaking ETH
Touted as one of the most novel innovation in the Ethereum ecosystem in 2023, what exactly is EigenLayer? Read on to find out.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
8m
Moderate
Tech Deep Dives
The Ultimate Deep Dive Into Bitcoin's Security Model
Is Bitcoin's current security model flawed? What could be done to the Bitcoin network to ensure it is sustainable? Read on to find out.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
14m