Tech Deep Dives

The crypto industry is rapidly changing — that’s what makes it so much fun, but it can become easy to get lost in the whirl of new technologies. CMC’s tech deep dives are here to help.
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A Dive Into Smart Contracts and DeFi
Contributor: smart contracts are essential to the decentralized finance space. What exactly are they?
4yr ago
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What Is ColdStack?
CoinMarketCap takes a deep dive into a project that aims to aggregate decentralized file storage.
By Daniel Phillips
4yr ago
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What Is Chainlink?
Chainlink is quickly becoming an important tool blockchains use to gather information from the outside world. Learn more about what makes it unique and how it works.
4yr ago
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A Dive Into the Astronomic Growth of Yearn.Finance & YFI
Yearn.Finance blew past $40,000, way above Bitcoin's highest price — what is this new protocol, and why is it what everyone is talking about?
4yr ago
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What Is Celer?
CoinMarketCap takes a deep dive into a layer-2 scaling platform that aims to simplify the launch of blockchain applications.
By Daniel Phillips
4yr ago
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What Is Globe?
CoinMarketCap takes a deep dive into an emerging project for crypto derivatives trading.
By Daniel Phillips
4yr ago
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Flipside Crypto
Contributor: Flipside takes a deep dive into Mirror, including what it is, why it matters and how to get involved.
4yr ago
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Oracles in DeFi 101: A Deep Dive by Tellor
Opinion: With the rising popularity of the DeFi space, oracles are becoming more relevant. What are the different types of oracles and why are they useful?
4yr ago
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What Can Zero-Knowledge Technology Do for Scalability? 
Zero-knowledge technology may sound a bit complicated at first, but its potential applications can help make a lot of your online activity much more private.
4yr ago
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Bringing Bitcoin to DeFi: A Complete Beginners Deep Dive Into RenVM
Opinion: For those that are interested in DeFi but only hold Bitcoin, a protocol like RenVM allows you to use your digital assets in the DeFi space.
4yr ago
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What Are DEX Aggregators? A Deep Dive by 1inch
Contributor: As DEXes are growing in popularity, so are DEX aggregators — what exactly are they?
4yr ago
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A Dive Into Staking
Opinion: It's important to understand the basics of proof-of-stake before you get into staking — and staking is becoming more and more important for many new protocols.
4yr ago
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A Dive Into Avalanche
Opinion: Avalanche is a promising smart contracts platform built on the first breakthrough in decentralized systems since Satoshi Nakamoto released the Bitcoin whitepaper in 2008.
4yr ago
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What Is Compound?
Compound is a DApp that allows users to earn interest on their crypto holdings. Find out what it is, how to use it, and more.
4yr ago
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What Are Real World Asset (RWA) Backed Tokens?
Contributor: CoreLedger goes into the intricacies of tokens in agribusiness and real estate.
4yr ago
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What Is Edgeware?
CoinMarketCap goes into the inner workings of a new Substrate-based platform.
By Daniel Phillips
4yr ago
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A Deep Dive Into The Graph
Contributor: What does it mean to use an open API? In this deep dive, The Graph explains how (and why) APIs can be global.
4yr ago
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Bridging the Gap Between Bitcoin and the DeFi Space
Contributor: learn more in this Q&A with Alex Zhao, CEO of Standard Hashrate Group, the creator of BTCST.
4yr ago
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