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Tracks merging
What Is the Ethereum Merge?
Ethereum’s shift to proof-of-stake is one of the most anticipated events in cryptocurrency.
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How Does MakerDAO Work? Understanding the 'Central Bank of Crypto'
The decentralized finance project is known for its overcollateralized stablecoin, DAI, as well as its decentralized governance.
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CDCROP: Spinning mixer in water creating bubbles (Getty Images)
Are Crypto Mixers Legal?
These tools, aka blenders, can enhance user privacy and make transactions more anonymous – but they have long been abused to launder money.
CDCROP: Spinning mixer in water creating bubbles (Getty Images)

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Polkadot 101: Connecting the Dots for Beginners
The “layer 0” project aims to help blockchains connect and communicate with one another.
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What Is the Ethereum Name Service? How ENS Works and What It’s Used For
The Ethereum Name Service (ENS) takes inspiration from a technological challenge first contended with when the U.S. military was developing the building blocks of the internet.
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From stETH to wETH to Gwei: Understanding the Different Shades of Ethereum
It's important to understand the difference between staked ether tokens and staked ether deposits and more so that you don’t make an expensive mistake.
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What Are Layer 2s and Why Are They Important?
To help with scalability and speed, blockchains such as Ethereum utilize secondary blockchains built on top of them, which are called layer 2s.
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What Is Optimism?
Here’s what you need to know about the layer 2 scaling solution and the Optimism token, OP, including the problems with the first OP airdrop.
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Bear (Lijun Qian/Unsplash)
Crypto Bear Market Opportunities: Make the Most of a Crypto Downturn
In traditional markets, the wash-sale rule stops people from selling an investment for a loss and then quickly rebuying it. But this is the crypto market.
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Moon
The Fall of Terra: A Timeline of the Meteoric Rise and Crash of UST and LUNA
A detailed timeline of Terra's journey from its underdog start as a payments app in South Korea to a $60 billion crypto ecosystem to one of the biggest failures in crypto.
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