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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What Is HAPI?
CoinMarketCap takes a deep dive into a new project that aims to reduce the fallout from hacks in the crypto space.
By Alexander Geysman
2yr ago
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What Is Quant?
Quant connects the world's distributed ledgers to increase interoperability and further unlock blockchain's potential. Learn how it works, how it's unique and more below.
By Daniel Phillips
2yr ago
4m
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What Is Tron?
CoinMarketCap takes a deep dive into Tron, one of the largest blockchain platforms.
By Daniel Phillips
2yr ago
4m
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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?
By Kevin Lu
2yr 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
2yr 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.
By Kevin Dwyer
2yr 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?
By Lucas Outumuro
2yr 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
2yr ago
4m
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What Is Globe?
CoinMarketCap takes a deep dive into an emerging project for crypto derivatives trading.
By Daniel Phillips
2yr 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?
By Brenda Loya
2yr 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.
By Brendan Murray
2yr 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.
By David Schwartz
2yr 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.
By Michael Burgess
2yr 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?
By Sergej Kunz
2yr 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.
By Sarah Austin
2yr 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.
By Emin Gün Sirer
2yr 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.
By Kevin Dwyer
2yr 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.
By Johannes Schweifer
2yr ago
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