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Crypto basicsBegin with the basics
What is cryptocurrency? A practical beginner’s guide
4 min read
Crypto basicsUnderstand the network
How blockchains work: from transaction to confirmation
5 min read
Markets & chartsRead your first chart
How to read a Dextape chart
2 min read
Wallets & custodyProtect your keys
Self-custody in one page
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20 articles
Crypto basics · Lesson
Centralized and decentralized exchanges compared
Compare custody, execution, and responsibility before comparing fees.
Crypto basics · Lesson
Ethereum gas fees, explained clearly
Separate the work a transaction performs from the price of that work.
DeFi & staking · Lesson
Ethereum staking, without the jargon
Understand validator rewards, service providers, and the risks behind a displayed yield.
Crypto basics · Lesson
How Bitcoin works
Keys, transactions, blocks, and the network that puts them together.
Markets & charts · Lesson
How to read a crypto market table
Price is only one column. Supply, volume, and market value provide the rest of the context.
Crypto basics · Lesson
Layer 2 networks and bridges: what changes?
Understand where a transaction executes and how value moves between networks.
DeFi & staking · Lesson
Stablecoins: the peg, the backing, and the risk
A stable price is a design goal. Understand the mechanism behind it.
Markets & charts · Lesson
What prediction market odds actually tell you
Read market-implied probabilities with their resolution rules and liquidity in mind.
Crypto basics · Lesson
How blockchains work: from transaction to confirmation
Follow a transaction through signing, execution, blocks and consensus, and learn what finality actually means.
Markets & charts · Lesson
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.
Crypto basics · Lesson
What is cryptocurrency? A practical beginner’s guide
Understand coins, tokens, wallets and transactions before interpreting the price on a screen.
Markets & charts · Guide
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.
News & sources · Guide
How DexTape covers crypto
A reader’s guide to our market data, publisher wire and educational coverage.
News & sources · Lesson
How the Dextape wire works
Find the publisher, read the preview, and check the original evidence before you trust a headline.
Markets & charts · Lesson
Market cap, volume, and dominance
Understand how market value, reported turnover and relative market share differ.
Wallets & custody · Guide
Self-custody: a practical wallet safety checklist
Set up a wallet, protect its recovery backup, and check a transfer before moving a meaningful balance.
Markets & charts · Lesson
What Fear & Greed is (and is not)
alternative.me publishes an index. Dextape reprints it with a stamp. It is not our forecast.
Markets & charts · Lesson
How to read a Dextape chart
Area, candles, log, and moving averages are views of the same sourced series — not a forecast overlay.
Markets & charts · Lesson
How to read the Terminal book
Bids, asks, and spread from Binance public depth — a venue snapshot, not a Dextape quote.
Wallets & custody · Lesson
Self-custody in one page
The order of operations before a headline forces it. Not a hardware-wallet review.