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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.

Hedge funds are increasingly betting against Tether. (Andreas Wagner/Unsplash)

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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.

Metaverse questions (Minator Yang/Unsplash)

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What's the Crypto 'Travel Rule,' and What Does It Mean for You?

The measure is essential to prevent bad actors from using digital assets to launder money. It affects everyone who dabbles in cryptocurrencies from exchanges to everyday investors.

The Travel Rule for crypto is essential to prevent bad actors from using digital assets to launder money. (Nicole Geri, modified by CoinDesk)

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What We Know So Far About SHIB: The Metaverse

The meme coin continues to expand its utility with its latest move into the metaverse.

A Shiba Inu, the breed which inspired Dogecoin. (Payless)

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How to Transfer NFTs Between Wallets

As an NFT collector or investor, you'll want to learn how to transfer your collectibles in and out of crypto wallets.

NFT Wallet (Marco Verch/Flickr)

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What Is DeFi?

Decentralized finance (DeFi) applications aim to cut out the middlemen of our everyday finances.

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What Is the Sandbox and How To Get Started

Here's a step-by-step guide on what you need to know to explore and play in The Sandbox metaverse.

Sandbox Screenshot (Modified by CoinDesk)

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What Is a Consensus Mechanism?

Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology rely on consensus mechanisms to function and be trusted by users.

Mechanism (Daniele Levis Pelusi/Unsplash)

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What Is Bitcoin Pizza Day?

In May 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz set out to buy two large pizzas with bitcoin.

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