https://myblog-921.pages.dev/learn/ Recent content in Learn crypto on CryptoBrief Hugo en-US Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:30:00 +0500 https://myblog-921.pages.dev/learn/what-is-cryptocurrency/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0500 https://myblog-921.pages.dev/learn/what-is-cryptocurrency/ <p>Cryptocurrency is digital money that exists only on the internet and is secured by cryptography. Unlike a bank balance, no single company or government keeps the records. They are kept on a shared database called a blockchain, which thousands of computers around the world maintain together.</p> https://myblog-921.pages.dev/learn/what-is-bitcoin/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:05:00 +0500 https://myblog-921.pages.dev/learn/what-is-bitcoin/ <p>Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency and still the largest by market value. It was introduced in 2009 by a person or group using the name Satoshi Nakamoto, and it lets people send value to each other over the internet without a bank in the middle.</p> https://myblog-921.pages.dev/learn/what-is-crypto-mining/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:10:00 +0500 https://myblog-921.pages.dev/learn/what-is-crypto-mining/ <p>Crypto mining is the process some blockchains use to confirm transactions and add them to the shared record. In return for doing this work, miners earn newly created coins and the fees paid by users.</p> https://myblog-921.pages.dev/learn/what-is-staking/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:15:00 +0500 https://myblog-921.pages.dev/learn/what-is-staking/ <p>Staking is when you lock up your coins to help a blockchain run, and earn rewards in return. It is the main way proof-of-stake blockchains such as Ethereum, Solana and Cardano stay secure.</p> https://myblog-921.pages.dev/learn/what-is-market-cap/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:20:00 +0500 https://myblog-921.pages.dev/learn/what-is-market-cap/ <p>Market capitalisation, or market cap, tells you how big a cryptocurrency is. It is the current price of one coin multiplied by the number of coins in circulation.</p> <p>For example, if a coin costs $2 and there are 100 million coins in circulation, its market cap is $200 million.</p> https://myblog-921.pages.dev/learn/what-is-tvl/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:25:00 +0500 https://myblog-921.pages.dev/learn/what-is-tvl/ <p>TVL stands for total value locked. It is the total value of the crypto deposited in a decentralised finance, or DeFi, protocol&rsquo;s smart contracts. People use it as a rough measure of how much a protocol is used and trusted.</p> https://myblog-921.pages.dev/learn/what-is-bitcoin-dominance/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:30:00 +0500 https://myblog-921.pages.dev/learn/what-is-bitcoin-dominance/ <p>Bitcoin dominance is Bitcoin&rsquo;s share of the total crypto market, shown as a percentage. If the whole market is worth $3 trillion and Bitcoin is worth $1.5 trillion, dominance is 50%.</p>