Crypto Basics

Ahead of the implementation of El Salvador’s controversial Bitcoin legislature on Sept. 7, 2021, CoinMarketCap takes a look at the pros and cons of accepting Bitcoin as legal tender. 

All about Digital Euro, an attempt of digitalization of the European economy and innovation in the retail space.

From the Mt. Gox attack to the Poly Network hack, here is a list of the top crypto heists that will go down as the greatest tragedies in crypto history.

Hacking a blockchain is possible — but it's pretty rare. How does one go about attacking something that is immutable?

Some dreams are meant to be broken — or are they? Ethereum plans to become the biggest cryptocurrency in the world but it needs to go through BTC first! Will it happen? Find out right here!

Not all launchpads are built equal. The quickest guide to investing in new and potential launchpad projects.

The best way to respond to a $45 million bug hack is not to rush your next project out the door with even less review time.

Micropayments seem like such a good way to tip your favorite content creators or access paid content — but why haven't they caught on?

It's been exactly four years since the very first Bitcoin transaction took place in space — what have we accomplished in the blockchain space race since then?

The Winklevii are always popping up around crypto — who are these twins, and what do they do in the industry?

People used to think "Silk Road" when you said "Bitcoin" — what exactly was this dark net marketplace, and how was BTC involved?

For Canadian crypto users, here is an overview of what cryptocurrency use looks like in Canada.

Litecoin is a fork of Bitcoin — but how do the two currencies fare when compared side-by-side?

Russia is one of the countries with a large number of projects and artists getting into the NFT movement.

With yet another Bitcoin Cash hard fork approaching — which chain will come out on top?

Let's go back to basics — what exactly is blockchain technology?

CoinMarketCap takes a look at the functionality, development, use cases and risks of the Lightning Network, a layer-2 payment protocol on top of Bitcoin.

The recent Ethereum outage has left many questioning just how decentralized Ethereum is, and how something similar can be avoided in the future.