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 Saga? Bringing Infinite Horizontal Scaling to Crypto
With a record-breaking $13B Binance launchpool campaign and over 350 projects in its Innovator Program, we take a deep dive into Saga — a layer-1 that allows projects to launch their own L1s.
By 0xKira
1 week ago
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$1.5 Billion TVL in Under 2 Months: What Is Ethena?
Ethena is a protocol on Ethereum designed to create a crypto-native stablecoin that is completely freed from the infrastructure of the traditional banking system.
By 0xKira
2 weeks ago
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What Is Solidus AI Tech?
A deep dive into Solidus AI Tech, a blockchain-powered AI service provider that aims to democratize AI computing power and make it more accessible to a wider range of users.
By Werner Vermaak
2 weeks ago
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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 weeks 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
3 weeks 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
3 weeks 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
4 weeks 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
1 month 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
1 month ago
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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
1 month ago
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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
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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
2 months 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
2 months 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
2 months 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
2 months 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
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