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15 Ways to Stay Sane While Trading Crypto

24/7 markets. Big price swings. Hacks. Trading crypto can be tough on the nervous system. Here, based on interviews with leading traders, are tips for maintaining equilibrium.

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What Are Liquidity Pools?

The term refers to a collection of tokens or digital assets locked in a smart contract that provide essential liquidity to decentralized exchanges.

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Learn-to-Earn, Move-to-Earn: How to Earn Crypto in New Ways

From exchanges that reward you to learn about certain tokens to apps that give you crypto for staying active, the play-to-earn crypto idea is extending beyond online games.

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How Does USDC Work?

USD Coin (USDC) is a stablecoin pegged to the value of the U.S. dollar.

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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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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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What Is Proof-of-Authority?

It's a consensus system that allows only authorized entities to validate transactions in a blockchain network.

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What Is Tether? How USDT Works and What Backs Its Value

Tether’s USDT is the most popular stablecoin and is widely used by traders. It is not without controversy. Here’s what you need to know.

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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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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Metaverse (but Were Afraid to Ask)

Everyone has questions about the metaverse these days. We rounded up some of the more popular queries to help people understand and start exploring the metaverse.

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