Crypto Basics

CMC Market Pulse delivers actionable market insights, giving you all the key narratives and developments you need in under 5 minutes.

The GameFi market cap dropped almost 12% from $32.66 billion to $28.85 billion over the last seven days.

Practically every cryptocurrency in the top 50 by market capitalization is having a rough time right now, led by a precipitous drop in the value of Bitcoin (BTC).

Solana’s slow bleed continues, with $SOL dropping 2.82% this week (Dec. 12-18).

This week saw the highly anticipated launch of $PENGU, the native token for the Pudgy Penguins ecosystem.

Pudgy Penguins has proven how serious it is by bringing Web2 normies into crypto with a massive airdrop and generous PENGU allocations which had everyone scrambling to check their Phantom.

The AI token sector lost $5 billion in market cap, with most tokens trading in the red.

Below we highlight the crypto pairs that are most used to trade in and out of the Euro.

CMC Market Pulse delivers actionable market insights, giving you all the key narratives and developments you need in under 5 minutes.

RWA sector market cap surged to $67.6B this week.

GameFi is experiencing a mini-bloodbath with the recent market correction, though some projects like Baby Doge Coin and SuperVerse just do not care.

December blues continue for Solana as $SOL took a 5.42% dip this week (Dec. 4 -11), mirroring the broader crypto market's struggles despite Bitcoin’s historic $100K milestone.

AI agent tokens like ai16Z and Virtual are hot right now, stealing attention from our beloved Retardio memes.

Op-ed: GameFi, not memecoins, is positioned to create lasting cult-like communities in crypto due to its combination of genuine gaming engagement and financial incentives.

Bitcoin surges 6.2% weekly to over $100K, AI tokens drop 7.8% on average, but Turbo (+58.9%) and 0x0.ai (+42.7%) shine; ETF inflows highlight sustained investor interest.

A laid-back cartoon character created by artist Phillip Banks has become crypto's latest sensation, with the ChillGuy token hitting a $500 million market cap just days after launch.

Below we highlight the crypto pairs that are most used to trade in and out of the Swiss Franc.

Bitcoin broke its all-time high (ATH) and finally cut through $100,000 like a hot knife through butter as Trump appointed Paul Atkins to head the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC).