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.
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What Is NFT 2.0? New NFT Token Standards on the Horizon
Explore new token standards for NFTs and its potential uses cases in bringing more utility to the current NFT market.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
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What Is Celestia? Data Availability Layer
A deep dive into Celestia — a scalable modular blockchain network built for data availability and consensus.
By 0xKira
1yr ago
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What Is Otherside? Yuga Labs’ Metaverse
A deep dive into Otherside — a gamified and interoperable metaverse being developed by Yuga Labs, behind popular NFT collection Bored Ape Yacht Club.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
7m
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What Is Somnium Space?
A deep dive in Somnium Space, a ready-to-play VR metaverse available on Steam that offers a live-forever mode to its users.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
6m
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What Is Render Network (RNDR)?
A deep dive into Render Network (RNDR), a project that enables distributed GPU rendering on the blockchain.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
5m
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What Is LSDFi? Overview of LSDFi Protocols and How To Use Them
Liquid Staking Derivatives (LSDs) was all the rage in 2023 leading up to Ethereum's Shapella upgrade. Explore DeFi protocols building on top of LSDs — also termed LSDFi.
By 0xKira
1yr ago
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What Is Linear Finance (LINA)?
CoinMarketCap Academy takes a deep dive into Linear Finance — a non-custodial asset trading protocol.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
5m
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What Is Pulsechain? One of Crypto’s Most Controversial Projects
CoinMarketCap Academy dives into Pulsechain, one of the most controversial layer-1 blockchains that aims to improve the Ethereum ecosystem.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
6m
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What Is Milady Maker - Controversial NFT Collection?
A look into Milady Maker, its controversial rise and the heated discussions it has sparked in the crypto space.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
4m
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What Is Tether? The Company Behind USDT
A deep dive into Tether, the company that issues leading stablecoin USDT, and recently announced it will be buying Bitcoin every month.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
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What Is Maverick Protocol? Novel AMM Introducing Directional Liquidity Providing
A deep dive into Maverick Protocol, a new AMM model which claims to unlock greater capital efficiency for all market conditions.
By 0xKira
1yr ago
5m
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What Is Tenet? The First Diversified Proof of Stake Blockchain
CoinMarketCap Academy dives into Tenet, a diversified proof-of-stake (DPOS) blockchain building using Cosmos SDK.
By Daniel Phillips
1yr ago
9m
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What Are CashTokens? Bitcoin Cash Gets New Capabilities
On May 15, 2023, the Bitcoin Cash network underwent its latest upgrade, after exactly one year with no changes to the mainnet.
By Daniel Phillips
1yr ago
5m
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Are These the Next Blockchain Titans?
We peek into the crystal ball of blockchain innovation to look at some crypto projects that are gaining attention as the potential next big thing.
By Daniel Phillips
1yr ago
8m
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What Is Worldcoin? Iris-Scanning Crypto Project Founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
An ambitious project that aims to build the "world’s largest identity and financial network" as a public good and bring "proof of personhood" to users globally.
By 0xKira
1yr ago
7m
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Centralization Risk in Crypto: How Decentralized Is Crypto?
Explore the complexities of centralization in the crypto industry and its risks in assets like Ethereum, Bitcoin, popular layer-ones and DeFi.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
8m
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What Are Smart Contract Wallets?
Smart contract wallets, based on contract accounts instead of externally-owned accounts (EOA), offers enhanced security, usability and interoperability for Ethereum users.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
1yr ago
6m
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What Is De.Fi?
CoinMarketCap takes a deep dive into De.Fi (DeDotFi), a comprehensive web3 security toolkit that offers insight into different DeFi protocols.
By Daniel Phillips
1yr ago
5m