Market Cycles

One of the reasons that I felt it important to create a site like this, it that starting out in crypto can be so overwhelming, and have so many different pockets that need to be researched, that it is easy to drift away from the fact that you are investing your money, and as such …

DeFi

Decentralised finance, or DeFi for short, the decentralised banking and financial system that is made possible by cryptocurrency technology. Centralised finance, CeFi, is constituted by a middle man, in which we place our trust, for example a bank or an institution. We trust this actor with our hard earned cash and as a result this …

Goblintown.WTF

Goblintown dropped as a free mint right as the bear market was starting in earnest and the timing could not have been better. NFT degens were drowning in a sea of red, and suddenly these ugly goblin creatures appeared on our timelines. Initially the founders were anonymous, creating an air of mystery around the project. …

ENS

In short, Ethereum Name Service is like a .com domain, for use on the Ethereum network. That said however, ENS has more functionality than a standard Web2 domain, and further functionality is being built into the technology. Started at the Ethereum Foundation in early 2017, ENS is a public good, a basic piece of Internet …

CryptoDickButts

Hear me out. Hello? You Still there? Yes I said CryptoDickButts, no this is not a scam, no this is not a joke. CryptoDickButts is in fact a quality collection, at least in my opinion, and captures the spirit of the meme perfectly. Yes the collection is goofy, but that is why people love it, …

Exchanges

In order to convert funds from regular “fiat” currency, to crypto, it is neccessary to use a centralized exchange, or CEX. CEXs provide liquidity for tokens and make it easy to swap from one token to another. Decentralised exchanges do exist, and are known as DEXs. While DEXs can be used to swap between cryptocurrencies, …

WhereMyVansGo

WMVG is arguably the the premier photography collection available in the NFT space at the moment. The collection, created by Drift, features the man himself climbing the tallest buildings in the coolest locations, and managing to capture the perfect shot (vans included) every time. Drift’s story is one of adversity and resilience and that’s probably …

Chainlink (LINK)

The primary function of Chainlink is to solve the problem of importing reliable external data onto the blockchain. If you think about it, the blockchain is pretty much hermetically sealed, it exists in it’s own little bubble in cyberspace, getting external data to communicate with it reliably can be tricky. Obtaining data from the outside …

Decentralised Exchanges (DEXs)

A Decentralised Exchange, also known as a DEX, is a peer to peer marketplace where transactions take place directly between crypto traders. The idea behind a DEX is to further the implementation of trustlessness on the crypto network. As I’m sure you know by now, the idea behind Bitcoin and other crypto coins being decentralised …

Polygon (MATIC)

Polygon is a Layer 2 sidechain solution that aims to make the Ethereum blockchain more accessible and user friendly. Polygon aims to help the Ethereum blockchain grow as a Layer 1 platform, by lowering fees and providing scaling solutions. There are many out there that believe that the Ethereum merge will significantly reduce or eliminate …