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About Aptos (APT): is the Move-powered L1 still a Solana killer?

Since witnessing the rise of Solana throughout the 2021 bull market, we've had numerous other layer-1 blockchain projects emerge with big claims about transformative blockchain technology. One such layer-1 blockchain is Aptos — the project backed by ex-Meta engineers who were in charge of the now-defunct Libra and Diem project.
Apr 24, 2025
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Ethereum
Blockchain
DeFi

What’s next for post-merge Ethereum?

This is an OKX — Okcoin research partnership. Adam Bloom is a Content Writer, podcaster, and yield farmer based in Los Angeles. Now that Ethereum has completed the Merge, it’s time to get ready for the next set of Ethereum upgrades — the Surge, Verge, Purge, and Splurge.
Apr 24, 2025
Intermediate
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Ethereum
DApps

What is ETH 2.0 and the Shanghai upgrade?

Have you been wondering what ETH 2.0 is all about? Or maybe you've heard of the Shanghai upgrade and are curious to learn more? This blog post will give you a brief overview of both ETH 2.0 and the Shanghai upgrade. So whether you're a crypto novice or an experienced trader, read on to learn more.
Apr 24, 2025
Beginners
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Memecoins

Understanding Dogecoin: a comprehensive guide to the largest memecoin by market cap

Dogecoin is a cryptocurrency launched in 2013 as a light-hearted and more approachable alternative to established digital currencies like Bitcoin (BTC) , Ethereum (ETH) , and Tether (USDT) . The around an open-source peer-to-peer digital currency that could be used for good.
Apr 24, 2025
Beginners
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Bitcoin
Ethereum
Altcoin

What is a token generation event (TGE): how crypto tokens are distributed

A token generation event (TGE) refers to a crypto project creating and releasing a digital token to eligible users. TGEs usually involve the release of a utility token for the crypto project or service in question rather than coins, which often represent a store of value. TGEs can therefore be a significant moment in a project's roadmap and catalyst for growth.
Apr 24, 2025
Beginners
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Altcoin
DeFi

Your comprehensive guide to the Avalanche Protocol (AVAX)

The Avalanche Protocol is a groundbreaking, open-source platform designed to launch decentralized applications (DApps), custom blockchains, and interoperable networks. With its innovative consensus mechanisms and unique architecture, Avalanche aims to solve some of the most pressing challenges the blockchain industry faces, such as scalability, decentralization, and security.
Jan 16, 2025
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Trading basics

What is Cosmos (ATOM)?

The Cosmos ecosystem is a decentralized network of independent blockchains. Cosmos blockchains, also called Zones, are parallel, interoperable and are highly scalable. For this reason, the Cosmos team refers to the ecosystem as the ‘Internet of Blockchains’. This powerful connectivity is one of the reasons the community is excited about Cosmos.
Dec 30, 2024
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What is a Governance Token?

As cryptocurrency continues to promote decentralization, Governance tokens have become a staple within the industry. Decentralized projects, such as blockchain games, [decentralized exchanges (DEXs)](
Dec 10, 2024
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What is OP_CAT? How Bitcoin Improvement Proposals could bring OP_CAT back

The Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP), introduced in 2011, allows the Bitcoin community to suggest, discuss, and implement changes to Bitcoin's protocol. Anyone can start a BIP by drafting a detailed proposal, which the community reviews. If the proposal is considered valuable, it's formally submitted for approval.
Dec 9, 2024
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Bitcoin

Top 3 Runes marketplaces in 2024

Are you seeing Runes projects flooding your X timeline? If so, you may be wondering how to buy or trade them. Similar to non-fungible tokens, projects built on the Runes protocol have their own marketplace, too.
Dec 9, 2024
Beginners
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Bitcoin

Top 10 projects on the Bitcoin Runes protocol in 2024

Runes is a new development in the Bitcoin ecosystem that emerged in early 2024. The protocol applies Bitcoin's underlying UTXO (Unspent Transaction Output) system to create a fungible token standard. With this, Runes makes creating and managing digital assets on the Bitcoin blockchain easier, and could extend Bitcoin's functionality beyond just buying and selling the token.
Dec 9, 2024
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Memecoins

Memecoins: the playful side of cryptocurrency

Memecoins have grabbed plenty of crypto news headlines in 2024, and outperformed every other coin category in the crypto space. Memecoins aren't new. In fact, Dogecoin (DOGE), the oldest memecoin, has been around since 2013 — predating Ethereum’s launch date. 
Dec 9, 2024
Beginners
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Bitcoin
Blockchain
Trading basics

Meet BRC-20 tokens: the new Bitcoin token standard

BRC-20 has taken the Bitcoin community by storm since @Domodata created it on March 8, 2023. But what is the BRC-20 token standard? BRC-20 is a fungible token standard made explicitly for the Bitcoin blockchain.
Nov 14, 2024
Intermediate
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Memecoins

What Is Pitbull? (PIT)

To understand what is Pitbull, we must throw some light on meme coins first. A meme coin is a cryptocurrency inspired by some internet meme or has some other humorous characteristic. Launched in March
Sep 2, 2024
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What Is FairGame?

FairGame is an online game platform powered by the Ethereum blockchain. The first game developed on the platform was FairCity. FairCity is a decentralized multiplayer online sandbox based on blockchai
Sep 2, 2024
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Altcoin

What Is Measurable Data Token?

![What Is Measureble](//images.ctfassets.net/4nqoo8goeymu/6GPrgNcQPz7UPvOgaHGABN/4a6978b18f823e8430a5a3803086aa04/What-Is-Measureble.png) Measurable Data Token is a decentralized application (dApp) bu
Sep 2, 2024
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Altcoin
Ethereum

What Is apM Chain?

![What Is Apm](//images.ctfassets.net/4nqoo8goeymu/4oZfbdblnC2aNJcmwh5xPz/b50729ccc0a59e8c7d291f834521fddb/What-Is-Apm.png) apM Chain is an Ethereum-based customer rewards blockchain platform for a gr
Sep 2, 2024
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Altcoin

What is Lambda? (LAMB)

Lambda is a blockchain data storage startup established on a scalable decentralized storage network. With a focus on scalability, Lambda seeks to create a data storage ecosystem by guaranteeing, secur
Sep 2, 2024
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What is CyberMiles?

Founded in 2017 by 5xlab, CyberMiles (CMT) positions itself as the next generation blockchain for smart contracts. Cybermiles is optimized for e-commerce applications and claims to be better than Ethe
Sep 2, 2024
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Altcoin

What is Nebulas?

Nebulas describes itself as an "Autonomous Metanet." Although this is a bit of an oversimplification, you could think of it as a search engine like Google but for blockchain data. The Nebulas mainnet
Sep 2, 2024
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Altcoin

What is Harmony (ONE)?

Blockchains like Ethereum are moving towards sharding and proof-of-stake consensus mechanism to securely scale their network and process exponentially more transactions while keeping lower transaction
Sep 2, 2024
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Altcoin
DeFi

What Is Celo?

![What Is Celo A](//images.ctfassets.net/4nqoo8goeymu/7n5zmgmUMV3Bg6zfj8XnmK/2cc8c4e6819de86786fb5e58fb5a8850/What-Is-Celo-A.png) CELO is a mobile-first layer 1 blockchain protocol that aims to facili
Sep 2, 2024
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Altcoin

What Is Guild of Guardians (GOG)?

![What Is Gog](//images.ctfassets.net/4nqoo8goeymu/5qrPEurMX8ixHBTy4TLJjM/bf57cdb440e3c33dc0fa722b45322e70/What-Is-Gog.png) Guild of Guardians is a free play-to-earn (P2E) RPG (role-playing game) and
Sep 2, 2024
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Altcoin

What is Helium? Exploring 'The People’s Network'

The Helium Network, commonly known as Helium, is helping to bring about advancements in the domain of Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity. With the introduction of its flagship product, the Helium Hotspot, in 2019, Helium brought to market a new approach to wireless networks through its blockchain-based solutions.
Aug 2, 2024
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