Explained
Key factors, such as Bitcoin dominance, liquidity shifts, market cycles and investor sentiment, drive altcoin season.
Explained
Cointelegraph's Explained section simplifies blockchain, crypto, AI, and digital finance. We cover everything from basic concepts to trends like DeFi, NFTs, Web3, and smart contracts, helping you learn about digital assets, crypto security, and more. Whether you're a beginner or staying up-to-date, it offers easy-to-understand information.
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Hong Kong’s $500-million HashKey Fund shows how DATs could reshape Bitcoin and Ether treasuries with compliance, diversification and transparency.
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Explore the history of attempts to change Bitcoin’s 21-million hard cap and why it has proven to be hard to create an alternative to the apex asset.
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A $1-million Bitcoin would upend global finance, reshaping wealth, inflation, energy markets and the very role of fiat currencies.
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Seven spot XRP ETF rulings and Ripple’s bank charter decision hit in October 2025. Discover why funds see XRP as Wall Street’s dark horse.
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A trader grew $125,000 into $43 million on Ethereum with leverage on Hyperliquid, then cashed out $6.86 million. Here’s what traders can learn.
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By deploying a bot on a perpetuals exchange, the trader scaled $6,800 into $1.5 million through maker rebates and microstructure precision.
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Paxos’ USDH plan brings PayPal/Venmo links, a $20-million fund and yield sharing. Could it turn Hyperliquid into DeFi’s next liquidity hub?
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Which treasury strategy is gaining ground in 2025: Bitcoin as digital gold or Ether as a yield engine?
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What is India’s levy crypto tax, and how does it apply across various types of transactions, such as trading, selling or spending your crypto?
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In 2025, several solo Bitcoin miners defied the odds, netting $350,000 each. These wins reflect the decentralized nature of Bitcoin, as envisioned by Satoshi Nakamoto.
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Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade promises 100-150 ms transaction finality — faster than a Google search. Explore how this leap could transform DeFi.
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Korean investors dumped Tesla and embraced crypto with $12 billion in inflows. This is reshaping global capital flows and risk.
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Pi Network blends free mobile mining, referral rewards and social hype. Despite delays, centralization and a 90% price drop, it still attracts millions.
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Global exchanges Coinbase and OKX are betting big on Australia’s pension pie, pushing crypto into self-managed super funds.