Learn Crypto
Plain-English guides to understanding the numbers on this site and staying safe in crypto. No hype and no tips: just how things work.
Basics
How to Buy Your First Cryptocurrency Safely
A step-by-step guide to buying crypto for the first time: choosing an exchange, paying, and deciding where to keep it.
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Stablecoins Explained
Stablecoins are the dollars of crypto. How they hold their value, the main types and the risks that come with each.
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How to Read a Coin Page
A walk through every number on a coin page: price and change, market cap, volume, supply, all-time high and low, markets and charts.
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What Is Crypto Market Cap and Why It Matters
Market cap is the number every crypto ranking is sorted by. Here is how it is calculated, what it tells you, and the traps that make a big number misleading.
2 min read
Investing
How to Use the Fear and Greed and Altcoin Season Indexes
Our two market indexes compress a lot of data into one number each. Here is what goes into them, how to read them and where they fall short.
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What Are Token Unlocks and How Do They Affect Price?
Most new tokens release supply on a schedule. Here is how unlocks work, why markets watch them and how to judge whether one matters.
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Market Cap vs Fully Diluted Valuation (FDV)
Two coins with the same market cap can face very different futures. The gap between market cap and FDV shows how much new supply is on the way.
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DeFi & DEXes
Safety
Airdrop Scams and How to Stay Safe
Real airdrops reward users with free tokens; fake ones are one of the most common ways wallets get drained. How to tell them apart.
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How to Keep Your Crypto Safe
Most crypto losses are not hacks of blockchains but of people. Here is how to set up wallets, protect your seed phrase and avoid the scams that cause most losses.
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How to Spot a Rug Pull
Rug pulls follow recognisable patterns. These are the checks that catch most of them before you buy.
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