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What Are Ordinals? A Beginner's Guide to Bitcoin NFTs

The Bitcoin community has gone wild over Ordinal Inscriptions, but what is the new thing taking over Crypto Twitter?

What Is PepeCoin (PEPE)?

PEPE’s official Twitter account describes the token as the “most memeable memecoin in existence."

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What Determines the Price of Bitcoin?

Considered by some to be a currency without a state, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) has rapidly ascended and descended. What determines the current Bitcoin price?

What is Dogecoin?

Dogecoin is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency based on a popular Internet meme. The token started off as a joke, but it's become a serious proposition.

What Is Canto? The Token That Rallied 700% in a Month

What is Canto and what is behind its astronomical spike?

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Why NFTs Were Invented

Everything ever invented came into existence in order to solve a problem. In the case of NFTs, they were created to address the limitations of their predecessors, which were created on the Bitcoin blockchain.

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What Is Web3 and What Is Its Role in NFTs?

The internet is slowly evolving into its third iteration — Web3. How will NFTs be incorporated into the Web3 paradigm?

What You Need to Know About Exchange Tokens After FTX's FTT Meltdown

Exchange tokens are the backbone of many top exchanges, but how much risk is involved?

What is Wrapped Bitcoin?

As Ethereum's DeFi ecosystem grows, Bitcoin holders increasingly want to take part. Enter ERC-20 token Wrapped Bitcoin, a 1:1 representation of BTC.

What Are Wrapped Tokens? How They Work and What They’re Used For

Wrapped tokens such as WBTC help move assets across blockchains. Here’s why they matter to the crypto ecosystem.

What is Ethereum (ETH)? A Beginner's Guide to the Smart Contract Blockchain

Created by Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum is a cryptocurrency that allows smart contracts and decentralized applications (dapps) to operate on its network.

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What are Governance Tokens? How Token Owners Shape a DAO's Direction

How are decisions made for billion-dollar protocols like Uniswap, Maker, and PancakeSwap? The answer, in part, is through governance tokens.

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