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  Getting Started With Myriad

  Myriad is the evolution of Decrypt and Rug Radio’s interconnected media ecosystem, integrating on-chain prediction markets into news stories and creator content. Here’s how it works, and how to get started. What is Myriad? Myriad is a platform that integrates prediction markets alongside written and video content from media outlets including Decrypt and Rug Radio—enabling new forms of reader engagement, opening up new business models for publishers and content creators, and ultimately aiming to...

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  What Are Coin Mixers and How Do They Work?

  Coin mixers have captured the attention of both the cryptocurrency community and regulators as the battle for privacy ramps up. In 2021, the founder of coin mixer Bitcoin Fog was arrested on charges including money laundering and operating a money transmission business without a license. A year later, the U.S. Treasury Department issued sanctions against Tornado Cash, an Ethereum coin mixing service, effectively banning Americans from using it. In a landmark ruling in November 2024, the U.S. Fif...

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  What is LIBRA? The Solana Meme Coin That Sparked a Political Scandal

  Argentina’s foray into cryptocurrency took a dramatic turn in February 2025 when President Javier Milei tweeted in support of LIBRA, a Solana-based meme coin. Within hours, LIBRA crashed nearly 90%, sparking accusations of fraud and calls for Milei’s impeachment. Among the outside entities involved with the launch of LIBRA were Kelsier Ventures, headed by CEO Hayden Davis; KIP Protocol, led by CEO Julian Peh; and Solana-based platform Meteora, which had previously facilitated launches for both t...

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  What Is the Pectra Upgrade? Enhancing Ethereum’s Flexibility

  The Ethereum ecosystem is continuously evolving. The latest milestone in its development is the Pectra upgrade. Launched in May 2025, the Pectra upgrade merges the Prague and Electra upgrades, which were originally planned as separate updates but were combined for better integration and to enhance scalability, efficiency, and usability. The Pectra Upgrade introduces account abstraction for flexible gas payments, enhancements to smart contracts, improved staking options, and technical upgrades li...

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  What is Dogwifhat (WIF)? The Solana Dog Meme Coin With a Hat

  What do you get when a cute dog puts on an even cuter hat? A meme coin, of course! Meme coin investors love dogs, and a photo of a pooch sporting a pink woven hat went viral—and took the crypto world by storm, spawning its own Solana-based meme coin, Dogwifhat (WIF). In true degen fashion, WIF is “literally just a dog wif a hat,” per its official site, with no promises of revolutionary technology or actual utility. Despite this, Dogwifhat rapidly rose to become one of the biggest meme coins by m...

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  What Is Berachain? The 'Proof-of-Liquidity' Blockchain and BERA Airdrop

  Founded by three pseudonymous developers, Berachain, a layer-1 blockchain set to compete with Ethereum and Solana, launched its mainnet on February 6, 2025. The network utilizes a new consensus mechanism called proof-of-liquidity, which aims to better align the incentives of network participants while improving security of the chain.  The new EVM-identical blockchain aimed to solve the “cold start problem” that most early blockchains face, providing users and early applications with “meaningful...

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  How to Prepare for Berachain: The Novel Proof-of-Liquidity Blockchain

  Founded by pseudonymous developers, Berachain has raised more than $100 million to help propel its novel EVM-identical, proof-of-liquidity blockchain. What started as an NFT project called Bit Bears has since blossomed into a burgeoning ecosystem, leading Framework Ventures co-founder Vance Spencer to describe the Berachain community as, “one of the most energized I’ve seen in all of crypto.” That rabid community is now eagerly awaiting the launch of Berachain’s mainnet, which the project has ch...

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  What is Grevm 1.0? The ‘Ultra-Fast’ Engine Powering Galxe’s Gravity Blockchain

  As blockchain networks grow and serve more users, their scale—measured by the volume of transactions and participants—can both solve and create challenges. Blockchains running programs that automate agreements, like smart contracts, often face significant challenges, especially those with large, active user bases. Too many users are trying to do things simultaneously, and the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) at its center simply can’t do all the transactions the ecosystem wants in quick succession...

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  What Are Stablecoins and How Do You Use Them?

  Since their inception, cryptocurrencies have been considered particularly volatile investment instruments when it comes to their price. That's led to price jumps and crashes, preventing cryptocurrencies from being used for everyday goods and services in some cases, due to the risks for vendors and merchants. That's where stablecoins come in. The theory goes, if you create a currency that is 'pegged' or attached to a regular fiat currency like the US dollar or something else with a relatively sta...

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  How to Invest Using Tokenomics

  Earn a free on-chain NFT by taking our free course, Crypto Investing: Fundamentals First.  Decrypt will cover gas fees for the first 10,000 mints! A portmanteau of token and economics, tokenomics is the study, monitoring, and analysis of a crypto project’s market cap, token (or coin) supply, crypto emission rate, and a host of other measurable and publicly available metrics. Also called cryptoeconomics (cryptocurrency + economics), having at least a cursory understanding of tokenomics can help y...

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