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 Vertex? Unifying Cross-Chain Liquidity with Synchronous Orderbook Technology
A deep dive into Vertex Protocol, an all-in-one DEX offering cross-chain orderbook liquidity, and a look at Vertex Edge and Vertex Blitz.
By CMC Research
2 hours ago
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What Is BlackRock? The TradFi Giant Bridging Finance's Great Divide
An in-depth look at BlackRock, the $10 trillion asset management titan bridging the divide between traditional finance and crypto through Bitcoin ETFs and tokenization.
By 0xKira
2 days ago
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Who Is ZachXBT? Crypto's Pseudonymous Scam Hunter
An in-depth profile of the anonymous blockchain detective known as ZachXBT, who has made a name for himself by tirelessly exposing crypto scams, shady influencers, and fraudsters.
By 0xKira
6 days ago
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What Is EtherFi? Ethereum Liquid Restaking Protocol
EtherFi is an ETH liquid restaking protocol allowing users to natively restake ETH with EigenLayer.
By 0xKira
1 week ago
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What Is Aevo? The Derivatives L2 Chain
A look at Aevo, an orderbook-style decentralized exchange (DEX) for options and perpetual contracts, launched by the team behind Ribbon Finance.
By 0xKira
2 weeks ago
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Celebrating Crypto Leaders of the Year: A Deep Dive Into the Visionaries of the Blockchain
A deep dive into the visionaries, pioneers, and changemakers who have shaped the crypto landscape and driven the industry forward.
By 0xKira
2 weeks ago
10m
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What Is PLAYA3ULL GAMES (3ULL)?
PLAYA3ULL GAMES is a Web3 gaming publisher that aims to build high-quality games designed by experienced developers.
By Werner Vermaak
3 weeks ago
7m
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What Is Portal? The Omni-Chain Gaming Layer
Portal is a gaming platform that seeks to connect games from various blockchains onto a single platform, leveraging LayerZero's interoperability technology.
By 0xKira
1 month ago
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What is Pixels? The Social Web3 Game Built on Ronin
A deep dive into Pixels — a social casual open-world Web3 game and platform built on the Ronin blockchain.
By 0xKira
1 month ago
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What Are “ERC-404s”? Opening Pandora’s Box
“ERC-404” is a novel and unofficial term coined by developers behind Pandora, which aims to combine ERC-20 and ERC-721 to bring fractionalization and liquidity to NFTs.
By 0xKira
1 month ago
5m
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Deep Dive Into AltLayer
AltLayer is an Ethereum scaling platform offering native and restaked optimistic rollups and zk-rollups.
By Decentralized Dog
1 month ago
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What Is Dymension? The Network of RollApps
Dymension is a delegated Proof-of-Stake (PoS) L1 blockchain designed to unify, and secure the modular blockchains in their ecosystem known as RollApps.
By 0xKira
1 month ago
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What Is Manta Network? The Modular Ecosystem for ZK Applications
A look at Manta Network — an EVM-equivalent Layer-2 blockchain for Ethereum, seeking to be the home for ZK applications.
By 0xKira
1 month ago
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Deep Dive into Jupiter: Solana’s Leading DEX Aggregator Ends “Jupuary” With $700M JUP Airdrop
Jupiter Exchange is the leading decentralized exchange (DEX) liquidity aggregator built on the Solana blockchain.
By Werner Vermaak
1 month ago
7m
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What Is BNB Greenfield?
A look at the recently launched BNB Greenfield — BNB Chain's solution to decentralized data storage via blockchain technology.
By 0xKira
2 months ago
4m
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What Is OpBNB? A Guide to OpBNB’s Ecosystem
A look at the fledging opBNB ecosystem — the layer-2 network for the BNB Chain, developed using the OP stack.
By Decentralized Dog
2 months ago
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Understanding ORDI: Exploring Bitcoin's First BRC-20 Token
As the inaugural BRC-20 token based on the Ordinals protocol, ORDI showcases new functionality for assets on Bitcoin but faces questions over alignment with Bitcoin's ethos.
By Ivan Cryptoslav
3 months ago
4m
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What is Jito? Liquid Staking Protocol on Solana
Liquid staking platform Jito kicked off airdrop farming season on Solana after it launched its governance token, JTO. But what exactly is Jito and how does it work? Read on to find out.
By 0xKira
3 months ago
4m