Crypto 101

Also referred to as "liquidity mining,” yield farmers seek high yield opportunities in exchange for loaning out digital assets.

Asset correlation remains a reliable hedging strategy for balancing non-digital assets within a traditional portfolio.

Gas is paid for exclusively in ether (ETH), the native cryptocurrency of Ethereum.

The rapid adoption of Ethereum 1.0 inspired a number of network upgrades.

Staking is central to Proof of Stake (PoS), the newer consensus mechanism that powers blockchains.

Comparing two methods of digital asset mining.

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are revolutionizing the art world.

As Web3 surfaces, we’re seeing a new version of the internet emerge.

NFTs create an entirely new genre of assets, pushing the decentralized finance (DeFi) revolution forward.

Blockchain technology is rapidly digitizing the global economy.

Investors in digital assets choose between storing their digital assets in “hot” or “cold” wallets.

A blockchain is a database that stores data in groups known as blocks connected in chronological order.

Open-source protocols and permissionless composability enable the build of DeFi 2.0.

Ether (ETH), commonly referred to as “Ethereum,” is the cryptocurrency that powers the Ethereum blockchain.

DAOs present individuals with unprecedented opportunities to connect to like-minded communities across the globe.

The emerging area of decentralized finance has the potential to upend the entire financial ecosystem.

Bitcoin, the first digital asset, was invented in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.

Users interacting within the metaverse experience an enhanced virtual presence.

A Layer 2 scaling solution is built “on top” of the parent network protocol.

A Layer 1 scaling solution is an innovation or change to an underlying parent network protocol.

Anatoly Yakovenko conceived Solana as an open-source blockchain solution to resolve scalability issues.

The digital asset class has continued to develop in response to recurring problems.

On the Bitcoin blockchain, the storage of blocks occurs in chronological order across the decentralized ledger.

To achieve stability stablecoins can be backed by any asset (or combination of assets) in reserve.

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) aim to share the same attributes––security, scalability, and stability.