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The Most Important Thing

The keys to successful investment and the pitfalls that can destroy capital or ruin a …

More Money Than God

The inside story of hedge …

The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest

A deep understanding on interest rates & …

When Money Dies

The economic disaster caused by the quantitative easing in Germany in …

AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future

How artificial intelligence will change the …

The Future is Faster Than You Think

How technology will change the way business and lives are …

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order

The confluence of economic scenarios that leads empires to …

Billion Dollar Whale

The billion-dollar fraud by Jho …

Bad Blood

The history of Elizabeth Holmes and …

The Alchemy of Finance

The decision making process of one of the most profitable investors in the …

Smartcuts

How to accelerate your growth by working …

Blue Ocean Strategy

Direct competition is detrimental. Understand how to be a unique and uncontested …

Turning the Flywheel

The key to business success by slowly gaining momentum until a …

Traction

How to run a business based on the Entrepreneurial Operating …

Good to Great

Understanding what makes companies successful. It’s useful to apply these frameworks when evaluating founders & …

Arkham Intelligence

On-Chain dashboards and wallet …

DeFiLlama DEX Aggregator

Find the best swap for your …

Barbell Strategy

Dune Guide

How to use DeFiLlama?

How to use Etherscan?

Soulbound Tokens

What are RWAs?

What are zkEVMs?

What is LSDfi?

What is LSD?

How ETH Withdrawal Work?

Fish Interview Insights

0xSami Interview Insights

Understanding Narratives

2023 guide to RWAs

Whiteboard Crypto

Thor Hartvigsen

The Defiant

The Daily Gwei

Taiki Maeda

Miles Deutscher

Koroush

Justin Bram

Finematics

Drake on Digital

Crypto Cred

Coin Bureau

Ceazor’s Snack Sandwich

Bob Loukas

The a16z Podcast

Techonology and …

Roundup Crypto

Technical …

Huberman Labs

Flywheel Podcast

Frax …

Delphi Podcast

Crypto …

Unchained Podcast

Crypto …

DeCrypt

Crypto …

The DeFiant

Crypto …

BlockCrunch

Crypto …

The Scoop

Crypto …

Empire

Crypto …

Bankless

Crypto …

TaschaLabs

Crypto / …

Tim Ferris

Business Interview …

My First Million

12 years olds talking about …

7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy

Understanding “moats” in …

The Black Swan

Understanding the impact of unknown …

Antifragile

Understanding how some things benefit from …

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Learn how to make better decisions by understanding our two thinking …

The Art of Thinking Clearly

A guide to the most common cognitive …

The Internet of Money

A series of talks about …

Thinking in Bets

Better decision making when faced with uncertainty and imperfect …

FaaS

Stands for “Farming As A …

MEV

Stands for “Maximal Extractable …

AI

Stands for “Artificial …

P2E

Stands for …

Loop

Loop means Leveraged Lending. You deposit collateral to a pool X, then borrow from the …

Forks

A fork happens whenever a community makes a change to the blockchain’s protocol, or basic …

RWA

Stands for “Real World …

CDP

Stands for “Centralized Debt Position”. An agreement in which collateral is locked in a smart …

ZK-Snarks

Stands for “Zero-Knowledge Succinct Non-Interactive Argument of Knowledge”. It’s another approach to ZK …

ZK Proof

Stands for “Zero-Knowledge …

Whitelist

A list of allowed individuals/entities in relation to a service or …

Whale

Someone who owns a ton of Cryptocurrency and can move the markets. IMO, a wallet …

WAGMI

Stands for “We’re all going to make …

veTokens

Stands for “Voter Escrowed Tokens”. It serves for governance rights in …

VC

Stands for “Venture …

UI / UX

Stands for “User Interface” and “User Experience” …

LSD

Stands for “Liquid Staking Derivatives”. Assets that represent a tradeable and liquid receipt for your …

TXID

Stands for “Transaction ID”. It is the label for each transaction in the …

TPS

Stands for “Transactions Per …

The Merge

When Ethereum fully transitions to Proof of …

The Flippening

The belief that Ethereum’s marketcap will surpass Bitcoin’s …

The Dip

Means the lowest point of a …

Stablecoin

It is a cryptocurrency that maintains a stable value over time. They are generally correlated …

Shitcoin

A coin with no value or …

Shill

To promote a …

Ser

Used in place of Sir. It’s supposed to be gender-neutral. A combination of Sir / …

SBF

Sam Bankman Fried. The criminal founder of …

Satoshi

Reference to the pseudonymous founder of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. People also use to refer to …

SAFU

Stands for “Secure Asset Fund for …

Rug Pull / Rugged

When the founders of a project scam its users. The rug got pulled from under …

ROI

Stands for “Return On …

Roadmap

It’s the plan for short and long term goals of a company, with a estimated …

Rekt

Describes someone experiencing a severe financial …

Pump & Dump

When people promote a project to their audience, and then secretly sell the project for …

Public Key

Series of numbers that, when used in conjunction with your private key can validade and …

Probably Nothing

Ironic to actually mean “Probably Something.” When there’s news that affects things, you end with …

Private Key

Series of numbers that is basically the password to your digital assets. Never …

POW

Stands for …

POS

Stands for …

POR

Stands for …

POAP

Stands for “Proof of Attendance …

Paper hands

A trader who lacks conviction in their investments. They sell at the first sign of …

P2P

Stands for …

Normie

Someone that doesn’t own any …

NGMI

Stands for “Not gonna make it”. You use it to describe someone who’s dumb or …

NFT

Stands for “Non-Fungible …

NFA

Stands for “Not Financial …

Moon / pumping

When a coin has a strong upward …

Mempool

It is where nodes keep track of transcation that have not been confirmed …

McDonalds

When there’s a bad market or someone gets rekt, you say you’re applying to McDonalds …

LP

Stands for “Liquidity …

LFG

Stands for “Lets Fucking …

Layer 2

Blockchains built on top of layer 1 to solve some issues as costs of using, …

Layer 1

Base layer blockchains (eg: Ethereum, Bitcoin, Avalanche, Solana, …

KYC

Stands for “Know Your Customer”. Ensures entities over certain information about their …

IRL

Stands for “In Real …

IPO

Stands for “Initial Public …

ICO

Stands for “Initial Coin …

Hot Wallet

A software that holds cryptocurrencies online. That type of wallet is mostly used for fast …

HODL

A rallying cry when there are dips. You encourage people to not sell by saying …

HASH

It’s the identity of a successful transaction. Like the address for a …

GWEI

The smallest Ethereum unit of value. Worth 0.0000000001 …

GM / GN

Stands for “Good Morning” and “Good Night”, …

GAS

It’s the computational effort to execute a specific operation. It requires a fee, that’s why …

FUD

Fear, Uncertainty, and doubt. It refers to skepticisms about a …

Fren

A way to address strangers in …

FOMO

Stands for “Fear of missing …

FMA

Stands for “First Mover …

FIAT

Fiat are government issued currency. Like the US …

FA

Stands for “Fundamental …

ENS

Stands for “Ethereum Name Service”. It makes your blockchain address as name, for example, …

EIP

Stands for “Ethereum Improvement Proposal”. It is how the Ethereum blockchain works through specific …

DYOR

Stands for “Do your own …

Dutch Auction

A declining price format selling. The selling starts at a determined point and goes down …

Diamond hands

Someone who has a high-risk tolerance and can hold their portfolio through the most volatile …

DEX

Stands for “Decentralized Exchange”. Some examples: Uniswap, Sushiswap, Pancakeswap, …

DEGEN

Stands for “Degenerate”. Usually refers to people who take ultra risky behaviors in Crypto. Investing …

DeFi

Stands for “Decentralized …

DCA

Stands for “Dollar Cost …

DAPP

Stands for “Decentralized Application”. This term is used for all applications built in a blockchain, …

DAO

Stands for “Decentralized Autonomous Organizations”. They’re like internet communities that self-organize around a specific …

CZ

Changpeng Zhao. The founder of Binance and one of the wealthiest men in …

Cope

Overcome and deal with …

Cold Wallet

A special type of hardware device that holds cryptocurrencies offline. There’s a huge variety. The …

CEX

Stands for “Centralized …

CeFi

Stands for “Centralized …

Bull

Someone who has high confidence in the …

BUIDL

Derivative of HODL, refers to focus on developing the product more then anything …

Blue Chip

An established, stable, and well recognized coin. In stocks, Google / Microsoft would be considered …

Blockchain Trilema

It refers to blockchains’ inherent challenge in designing a fully scalable, secure, and decentralized …

Bear / Bera

Someone who has low confidence in the …

Beacon Chain

It is the POS layer network from …

Bag holder

A person who holds a stock all the way to $0 despite signs along the …

ATH / ATL

Stands for “All-Time High” and “All-Time Low”, …

API

Stands for “Application Programming …

Anon

Short for anonymous. A way to address random people in Crypto since most are …

Angel Investor

Stands for “Automated Market Maker”. They’re used in DEXes as a trustless automated service that …

Building Investing Systems

The Psychology of Human Misjudgement

How to do Your Own Research

Investing vs Trading

Trading the Metagame

Risk Management 101

Applying Game Theory in Crypto

How to Find Alpha on Twitter

Building a Crypto Portfolio

Discord Guide

Whale Watching Introduction

Hedging DeFi Strategies using Funding Rates

Funding Rates Arbitrage

How to DeFi: Advanced

Delta Neutral Strategies

Options Markets in Crypto: Deep Dive

What is Data Availability?

How to read Smart Contracts?

Probabilistic Thinking

Navigating PvP Markets, Portfolio Theory, & Psychology with Darryl Wang (Wangarian)

Surviving a Bear Market

Value Accrual

Flash Loans Explained

Insurance in DeFi

What is MEV?

Real Yield

What are Algorithmic Stablecoins?

Oracles

Making sense of Rollups Part 1

Explaining Zero Knowledge Proofs to different ages

Making sense of Rollups Part 2

MetaMask Tutorial 2022

How to setup MetaMask with your Ledger Nano

You’re going to get wrecked if you don’t understand Tokenomics

Tokenomics 101: The Basics of Evaluating Cryptocurrency

GNS Finance

MakerDAO

Convex Finance

Sushiswap

Frax Finance

Curve Finance

Uniswap

GMX Finance

Yearn Finance

AAVE

Lido Finance

Fantom 101

Cosmos 101

Arbitrum & Optimism 101

Aurora 101

Polygon 101

Solana 101

Near 101

Binance Smart Chain 101

Avalanche 101

The Psychology of Money

Lessons on money and …

Fooled by Randomness

Sometimes our success is due to luck and randomness, and it’s important not to confuse …

Decisive

Frameworks for making better …

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

A collection of wisdom from Naval Ravikant, one of the most well-known angel …

Principles

Principles on life and work by one of the greatest investors in …

Dynamo DeFi

Understand Your Cognitive Biases

Cognitive biases can cost you money. Read More: …

Understand the Source of the Yield

If the protocol doesn’t generate revenue, then the yield comes from token emissions and new …

Understand the Meta Game

What is the most profitable strategy right now? For example, real yield is on a …

Understand Market Cycles

Crypto tends to move in bear/bull cycles since its existence. Be careful of people that …

The only “blue chips” are BTC and ETH for now

Everyone has a different definition of a blue-chip. Play it safe and only view BTC …

Test your thesis

Always use small amounts of money to understand how a protocol works, the practice will …

See Crypto as a Skillset

You improve through experience. If you lost money locked in FTX, don’t use CEX’s to …

Pre-define your Risks

Before entering a trade, decide how much money you’re willing to lose before you cut …

Practice Proper Bankroll Management

The rules you put in place to make sure you don’t go broke. You wouldn’t …

Not your keys, not your coins

If you don’t own the keys to your coins, you’re facing centralization risks. Look at …

Never invest what you can’t afford to lose

Don’t buy crypto with credit cards. Don’t cash out your retirement to invest in Crypto. …

What is Impermanent Loss in Crypto?

DeFi 2.0 Explained

What is a Launchpad?

Staking Explained

How to DeFi: Beginner

What is GameFi and how does it work?

Ethereum Layer 2 Scaling Explained

How do Liquidity Pools work?

Layer 0 Explained

The Scalability Trilemma

A beginner’s guide to DAOs

Lending and Borrowing in DeFi Explained

Derivatives Explained

Layer 1 Explained

What are Automated Market Makers (AMM)?

What is an AirDrop?

Forks Explained

DeFi Metrics that matter

What is Arbitrage Trading?

Slippage Explained

What is a Stablecoin?

What are veTokens?

The Great Curve Wars

What are Wrapped Tokens?

What is Shorting

Venture Capital 101

APY vs APR: What’s the difference?

Web3 Use Cases: Today

Web3 Use Cases: The Future

Code is Law? Smart Contracts Explained

Let the gains come to you

When everyone’s talking about a project, it’s probably too late to invest in it. It’s …

Investment vs Trade

Investment = Long term. Trade = short term. Don’t confuse the two. Holding a high …

Don’t use leverage.

Crypto is extremely volatile. Using it can amplify your losses. Play it …

Don’t try to Time the Market

Don’t try to time the bottom when buying. Keep it simple by buying every …

Don’t try to catch a falling knife

A token can go -90% an infinite amount of times. Always evaluate the tail risks …

Don’t trust influencers

It’s profitable to be an influencer and educator. Assume that they’re looking out for themselves. …

Don’t Revenge Trade

Losing money is painful. One common reaction is to be angry and try to make …

Don’t Ignore the FUD

It’s easy to become emotionally tied to your bags. If someone doesn’t like your project, …

Don’t fight the Fed

When USA prints money = good for Crypto. When USA tightens the interest rates, = …

Do your own research

Use educators and influencers as a way to find new projects. But never blindly trust …

Diversify your Stablecoins

Each stablecoin has its own risks. Diversify them. For example, people that had all their …

Diversify

You need to diversify in Crypto. There are far too many tail risks such as …

Develop Tunnel Vision

Don’t focus on every sector in Crypto. It is impossible. Focus on one sector and …

Create systems

Systems help you to achieve a goal. Whenever you want to buy a token, pre-determine …

CoinOwl

Track Token …

VestLab

Track Token …

L2Beat

Track the State of ETH Layer …

Staking Rewards

Track Staking …

Nansen

Track smart …

Token Terminal

Track Protocol …

Ultra Sound Money

Track Ethereum Burn …

RiskDao

Track Bad Debt of Lending …

Cryptowatch

Token …

Revoke.cash

Revoke ETH …

Dexscreener

Real time price …

Rug Doc

Protocol …

DeFiSafety

Protocol …

Fear & Greed Index

Market …

Santiment

Market …

Artemis

Developer …

Coinglass

Derivatives …

Metamask

DeFi …

Trust Wallet

DeFi …

Nansen Portfolio

DeFi Portfolio …

Debank

DeFi Portfolio …

Zapper

DeFi Portfolio …

Crypto Fees

DeFi …

Flipside Crypto

DeFi …

Dune Analytics

DeFi …

DeFillama

DeFi …

CoinGecko

Cryptocurrency Prices and …

DeFiLlama Round-Up

Crypto …

The Edge Job Board

Crypto Job …

Rekt HQ

Crypto Exploit/Hack …

Messari

Crypto …

EtherScan

Blockchain Explorer for …

Glassnode

Blockchain …

Beauty Contests applied to Crypto

7 Moats you should look for

13 Narratives for 2023

17 Different Investing Styles

Investing on a Small Budget

Evaluating Bear Market Winners & Losers

Bear Market Strategies

How to Manage Your Risks

The Most Common Mistakes in DeFi

10 Crypto Research Tools

Crypto Podcast Recommendations

North Korean Hackers

Three Arrow Capital Implodes

How Crypto Influencers Make Money

3 Business Models to Make Money

The DeFi Edge Endgame

How to Get a Job in Web 3

8 Book Recommendations

Farming as a Service 101

Real Yield 101

5 Gems on AVAX

Safe Ways to Earn Ethereum Yield

Breaking Down the Types of Stablecoins

Lessons From Terra Luna Collapse

Aurora Ecosystem 101

Near Protocol 101

Take more action (and unlock your full potential)

Yearly Crypto Reflection

Building Investing Systems

Applying Poker Lessons to Crypto

9 Common Traps

Mental Health

Trading Psychology 101

Decision Fatigue

Cognitive Biases in Crypto

Building Your Own Crypto Mastermind

21 must-know DeFiLlama features

How to find the next 10x gems?

How to evaluate crypto protocols in 2023

22 Crypto Lessons Learned in 2022

20 Tips from Others to Survive the Bear Market

Tokenomics 101

Learn Crypto More Efficiently

How to do Your Own Research

How to Build a Crypto Portfolio

Altcoin

Any other cryptocurrency built after the launch of bitcoin …

AMM

Stands for “Automated Market Maker”. They’re used in DEXes as a trustless automated service that …

Alpha

Early and potentially valuable information that might generate a big upside in the …

ALL-IN

A bunch of rich guys shooting the …

Aantonop

The Tie Research Hubspot

A center place for all research about DeFi from The …

Why Token Prices Crash

Crypto Security 101

What is Yield Farming?

What is Proof of Work?

What is Proof of Stake?

What is the EVM? (Ethereum Virtual Machine)

Ether: The Triple Point Asset

The Ethereum Merge

Learn about Ethereum

Raoul’s Macro Masterclass

How the Economic Machine Works

Crypto Security 101

What is the Metaverse?

The 51% Attack

What is a Mining Pool?

What is an NFT?

What is a Crypto Bridge

GAS Explained

What is Blockchain? Blockchain Technology Explained Simply

Bitcoin for the open-minded skeptic

Bitcoin, Inflation, and the Future of Money

Why Bitcoin Matters

Create a Thinking Time

Set aside time every week to think hard about problems and new ideas, review your …

Always take profits

When your investment doubles, take 1/2 off the table. Put it into BTC, ETH, or …

The Sovereign Individual

How tech will change how we live, especially when choosing where we …

Market Wizards

Interviews with top traders from the …

Trading in The Zone

Trading psychology and …

Introduction to Bitcoin: What is Bitcoin and Why Does it Matter?

Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System