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Crypto basicsWhat is cryptocurrency? A practical beginner’s guide
Understand coins, tokens, wallets and transactions before interpreting the price on a screen.
4 min read
Crypto basicsHow blockchains work: from transaction to confirmation
Follow a transaction through signing, execution, blocks and consensus, and learn what finality actually means.
5 min read
Markets & chartsHow to read a Dextape chart
Area, candles, log scale and moving averages are views of the same sourced price series, not forecasts.
3 min read
Wallets & custodySelf-custody in one page
The order of operations, before a headline forces it. A checklist, not a hardware-wallet review.
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20 articles
Markets & chartsLesson
How to read the Terminal book
Bids, asks and spread from one exchange’s public depth: a snapshot of one venue, not a Dextape quote.
Crypto basicsLesson
Centralized and decentralized exchanges compared
Compare custody, execution and responsibility before you compare fees.
Markets & chartsGuide
Circulating supply, market cap and FDV explained
Understand the supply behind a token’s valuation, work through a simple example, and know what to check before comparing assets.
Crypto basicsLesson
Ethereum gas fees, explained clearly
Separate the work a transaction performs from the price of that work.
DeFi & stakingLesson
Ethereum staking, without the jargon
Understand validator rewards, service providers and the risks behind a displayed yield.
Crypto basicsLesson
How Bitcoin works
Keys, transactions, blocks and the network that puts them together.
Crypto basicsLesson
How blockchains work: from transaction to confirmation
Follow a transaction through signing, execution, blocks and consensus, and learn what finality actually means.
News & sourcesGuide
How Dextape covers crypto
A reader’s guide to our market data, publisher wire and educational coverage.
News & sourcesLesson
How the Dextape wire works
Find the publisher, read the preview and check the original evidence before you trust a headline.
Markets & chartsLesson
How to read a crypto market table
Price is only one column. Supply, volume and market value provide the rest of the context.
Markets & chartsLesson
How to read a Dextape chart
Area, candles, log scale and moving averages are views of the same sourced price series, not forecasts.
Crypto basicsLesson
Layer 2 networks and bridges: what changes?
Understand where a transaction executes and how value moves between networks.
Markets & chartsLesson
Liquidity, price impact and slippage explained
See why the price on a chart can differ from a swap quote, with a worked pool example and an execution checklist.
Markets & chartsLesson
Market cap, volume and dominance
How Dextape calculates market value, reported turnover and market share, and what each figure leaves out.
Wallets & custodyLesson
Self-custody in one page
The order of operations, before a headline forces it. A checklist, not a hardware-wallet review.
Wallets & custodyGuide
Self-custody: a practical wallet safety checklist
Set up a wallet, protect its recovery backup, and check a transfer before moving a meaningful balance.
DeFi & stakingLesson
Stablecoins: the peg, the backing and the risk
A stable price is a design goal. Understand the mechanism behind it.
Markets & chartsLesson
What Fear & Greed is (and is not)
The index is published by alternative.me. Dextape shows it with its source and time; it is not our forecast.
Crypto basicsLesson
What is cryptocurrency? A practical beginner’s guide
Understand coins, tokens, wallets and transactions before interpreting the price on a screen.
Markets & chartsLesson
What prediction market odds actually tell you
Read market-implied probabilities with their resolution rules and liquidity in mind.