Introduction

Early Life and Career

Saylor's Impact on the Cryptocurrency Industry

Saylor's Stance on Bitcoin

Books and Public Speaking

Saylor's influence on the Future of Bitcoin

Additional Resources

Who is Michael Saylor?

What is Money?

How Cryptocurrency Relates to Legacy Money

Opposition of Crypto Being Money

Popular Payments That Can Be Made With Crypto

Conclusion

Is Crypto Real Money?

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Background

Journey into DeFi

Impact on DeFi

Looking Ahead

Hayden Adams: The Creator of Uniswap and the Rise of Decentralized Finance

Key Features of Solana

Solana's Architecture

Consensus Mechanism

Use Cases of Solana

Exploring Solana: A Deep Dive into the High-Performance Blockchain Network

Early Years and Education

The Birth of OpenSea

Finzer's Role at OpenSea

Finzer's Vision for the Future of NFTs

Devin Finzer and the Rise of OpenSea

What is Crypto Arbitrage?

How Does Crypto Arbitrage Work?

What Are The Risks Involved in Crypto Arbitrage?

What Are Popular Strategies For Crypto Arbitrage?

Simple arbitrage

Triangular arbitrage

Statistical Arbitrage

Inter-exchange arbitrage

Cross-border arbitrage

Crypto Arbitrage

The Founding of Coinbase

Contributions to the Cryptocurrency Industry

Investments

Brian Armstrong: A Visionary of Cryptocurrency

Early Life and Education

Career at Qualcomm

Founding Solana

Impact on the Blockchain Ecosystem

Anatoly Yakovenko's Impact on Blockchain Technology

Fiat-Collateralized Stablecoins

Crypto-Collateralized Stablecoins

Non-Collateralized Stablecoins

Purpose of Stablecoins

Benefits of Stablecoins

Challenges of Stablecoins

Stablecoins: The Key to Unlocking the Potential of Decentralized Finance

The Early Days of Digital Currency

The Birth of Bitcoin

The Rise of Altcoins

The Future of Crypto

The Evolution of Crypto

Key Convenience

What is a Crypto ATM?

How do Crypto ATMs Work?

Types of Cryptocurrency ATMs

Pros and Cons of Crypto ATMs

Largest Crypto ATMs

The Uprise of Crypto ATM's

Types of Crypto Taxes

Calculating Gains and Losses

Challenges in Crypto Tax

Consequences of Non-Compliance

Tips for Staying Compliant

Understanding Crypto Tax

How it works

Best Practices

Some of the biggest Airdrops in history

What are Crypto Airdrops?

The Cardano (ADA) Blockchain: Empowering the Future of Decentralized Finance

How Does Cardano Work?

Why is Cardano Important For DeFi?

What is Cardano?

The Polygon Blockchain: Revolutionizing Decentralized Finance

How Polygon Works

Why is Polygon Important For DeFi?

What is Polygon?

What Role Does Crypto Mining Play In The Blockchain?

Proof of Stake vs. Proof of Work

The Backbone of Crypto

What Is Crypto Mining?

What Is Staking In Crypto?

Rewards For Contributing To The Network

How To Stake

What is Staking?

What is DeFi?

Examples of DeFi Applications (DApps)

How to Get Started in DeFi?

Step 1: Setting Up a Wallet

Step 2: Buying Ethereum (ETH) / Networks Native Currency

Step 3: Understanding DeFi Protocols

Step 4: Deposit into a DeFi Protocol or Application. 

Lending and Borrowing Example

Trading Example

Yield Farming Example

Stay Safe in DeFi!

What is DeFi and how do I use it?

A 'New Era' of Finance

Bitcoin (BTC)

Ethereum (ETH)

How Cryptocurrency Is Used

What is Cryptocurrency?

Brief Introduction into Different Wallet Types

Ledger Nano S

MetaMask

Trust Wallet

What is the best wallet for DeFi?

Intro

Definitions

Common Types of Scams

Common Contract Functions

How To Spot & Avoid Scams With CoinScan

Developer Wallet Tracker

Airdrop Analysis Tool

Holder Analysis Tool

How to avoid scams with CoinScan

Vitalik Buterin causes over 80% drop in DeFi tokens

Where did Buterin receive the tokens?

Over $60 million liquidated

Moving forward

Vitalik Brings Volatility To DeFi

Illegal Promotion

Where is Emax Now?

PR For The SEC

Kim Kardashian Fined Over $1M By the SEC For Emax Promotion

Binance CEO, CZ, says the company is liquidating its holdings in FTX’s token FTT

Alameda

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Alameda CEO Statement

Alameda Research faces scrutiny and disaster after insolvency rumors.

Biggest Hack of the Week - Mango Swap Loses $100M

Eth 2.0 Can Be Deflationary After All!

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Weekly Crypto Recap

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The total amount of volume traded in regards to derivatives (futures and options mainly) trading on exchanges, which can be used to measure volatility in the markets and overall price speculation.

Our revolutionary airdrop tracker shows you which wallets have been airdropped, how many tokens were airdropped to those wallets, when they were airdropped, and how much of the airdropped holdings have been sold.

Our revolutionary airdrop tracker shows you which wallets have been airdropped, how many coins were airdropped to those wallets, when they were airdropped, and how much of the airdropped holdings have been sold.

Airdrops

We calculate the average buy and sell amount per transaction. This is based on the time frame you select. You will be able to see how much the average user is buying and selling.

The Average Daily Gain is a custom metric we display that shows you how a token is performing on a daily average. It helps you average an overall performance rating based on the time the token has been available to buy versus it’s price movement.

Amount of tokens taken out of total supply by being sent to the burn address (Dead wallet). Essentially “dead” tokens that cannot be moved or traded.

Percent of a buy absorbed by the smart contract (Slippage), this is set by the smart contract and is typically used to fund the project by sending that tax to a wallet related to the project.

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The total ${nativeToken} value of both buys and sells on Centralized Exchanges (CEXs). Examples would be Binance, Coinbase, crypto.com, MEXC etc.

The total amount of tokens in the hands of the public.Very similar to flowing shares in relation to the stock market.

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A token’s “Market Capitalization” based on the maximum supply, equivalent to the ${currencyShortName} value of a tokens’ max supply at market price (Max Supply x Price = Fully diluted market cap)

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 The total amount of volume or how much has been traded in dollars over a specified period of time. 

Our developer wallet tracker is connected directly to the mempool and shows you all transactions made by the token developer in real time, within milliseconds. We effectively give users a real-time feed of what token developers are doing behind the scenes, with a .01MS delay in an effort to help you vet tokens and avoid scams.

Our developer wallet tracker is connected directly to the mempool and shows you all transactions made by the token developer in real time, within milliseconds.

Developer Transactions

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Newly Deployed Tokens

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A token’s “Market Capitalization” based on the maximum supply, equivalent to the ${currencyShortName} value of a tokens’ max supply at market price (Max Supply x Price = Fully diluted market cap)

Global Crypto Market Indicators - 24H

Gas Price: $127.6  

 The Avg. Market GWEI at the time of this transaction was: 37 GWEI.

Highest price of ${tokenNameEllipsis} in the last 24 hours was ${high}.

The total amount of unique wallets that own this token. Holder count is a good metric to see how widely adopted a token is, and a number you want to see consistently increasing over time.

A convenient way to see all the different holders for a specific token. This allows you to view how many whales hold the token, what percentage has been sold, and also a distribution model below so you can clearly see how the token is distributed amongst holders. 
 Kraken: 2% and above
 Whale: 1%
 Sharks: .5%
 Dolphins: .1%
 Fish: 0.05%
 Shrimp: Remaining

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Say goodbye to late nights manually combing through blockchain explorers like Etherscan. We've made analyzing holder data effortless. Find out if a token is well distributed with just a glance. Dive deeper only when it's worth your time, all inside of CoinScan.

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Our auto updating honey pot status will refresh consistently to let you know if the token is a honey pot! A honey pot allows buys but not sells. *"Disclaimer": There are several methods that can be used to “honeypot” a contract and detecting them is not a 100% science. Please be dilligent when trading!*

This token has no liquidity pair yet, once liquidity has been added we will automatically refresh all data on the page

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Amount of exchangeable funds exchangeable against a token, low liquidity = high price volatility.

Making sure that liquidity is locked before purchasing a token is one of the fundamental characteristics of token safety. Liquidity being unlocked allows the developer to remove the liquidity pair, essentially making your tokens worthless. We make this easy for you by using our technology to autoscan the blockchain and ensure liquidity is locked for you! *"Disclaimer": you can still be scammed even if liquidity is locked. Please be dilligent when trading!*

Liquidity being unlocked allows the developer to remove the liquidity pair, essentially making your tokens worthless. Our technology autoscans the blockchain and ensures liquidity is locked for you!

Unlocking liquidity allows the developer to remove the liquidity pair, essentially making your tokens worthless. Our technology autoscans the blockchain and ensures liquidity is locked for you!

Lowest price of ${tokenNameEllipsis} in the last 24 hours was ${low}.

Two tokens have different prices, one is $.013 and one is $0.000054, however the lower priced token may have a higher market cap because of its larger supply.

The total amount of tokens that will ever exist. Essentially total supply + all values of tokens yet to be mined or </minted.

Fastest trading history in the industry for any ETH token along with seeing pending transactions. One-of-a-kind Airdrops and Holders distribution for quick analysis and much more.

Live price of ${name} is ${price} and is ${priceChangeUpOrDown} ${priceChange}% in the last 24H with a trading volume of ${volume}. View more live data & news about ${symbol}.

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The pair you're looking for doesn't exist or hasn't been very active in the past 24 hours.

The pair you're requesting does not exist yet, wait for the developer to add liquidity or check a different pair for the contract.

Pair Address Not Found

Pending transactions show up as yellow. These are not confirmed yet and have a possibility to fail as well. Sometimes they may show an incorrect ETH value because that is the ‘limit’ the user is using. Refer to confirmed transactions and token amount to gauge price.

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Percentage amount of circulating supply available in a DEX’s liquidity pool for swapping, essentially showing how much of the supply is available on the market for purchasing, shown as a percentage.

Total tokens available in a DEX's liquidity pool for swapping. This is how many tokens are publicly for sale on the market.

Total Eth available in the liquidity pool for swapping, assuming (100% Price impact). If a user held 100% of the total supply, this is the amount of ETH the swap would be worth.

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Percent of a sell absorbed by the smart contract (Slippage), this is set by the smart contract and is typically used to fund the project by sending that tax to a marketing, developer, or other wallet related to the project.

Assess a token’s community through our social analytics tab!

Assess a project’s community through our social analytics tab, without needing to have an account on those platforms either. Even if a social media platform is banned in your country, you will still be able to view it on CoinScan!

Social Analytics

The total marketcap collectively of the largest and most used stable coins, this indicator is helpful to see how much capital has been de-risked from the markets over time.

Percent of a buy or sell absorbed by a smart contract (Slippage). Taxes typically go "to": marketing wallet, dev wallet, burn address, or the liquidity pool.

This token seems to be unsellable! Be careful and double check. Always do your own research!

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The USD value of both the pooled ${pair} and ${tokenShort} tokens in the liquidity pool, which is the pool of exchangeable funds against a token to allow trading.
 Pooled ${tokenShort}: $${poolcalculate}
 Pooled ${pair}: $${liquidity}

The USD value of both the pooled ${pair} and ${tokenShort} tokens in the liquidity pool, which is the pool of exchangeable funds against a token to allow trading. Low liquidity = high price volatility

The total amount of tokens currently in existence, minus burned tokens. Tokens with a mint function can create more tokens and increase this amount.

Utilize our airdrop analytics tool to clearly analyze and inspect token airdrops and determine if they are genuine or malicious. 

Select the Network/Chain you want to view across the platform. CoinScan will conveniently show you the current GWEI value right next to the native token's price.

CoinScan offers 15 second and 30 second charts, the fastest 'on-chain' charts available in all of DeFi. Click the top left to adjust timeframes.

Connect your wallet to access premium features and track your trades, tokens, and much more!

The currency converter underneath the trading history allows you to quickly convert a specific dollar amount to token amount quickly, the currency also changes based on your choice at the top of the website. 

Adjust your language and currency preferences here from a variety of options.

Watch the token developer's actions behind the scenes in real time with our developer transactions tool. We also show you GWEI values for each transaction so you can attempt to frontrun any malicious actions.

Extra token information can be found here for users who want more data and to get the most out of CoinScan.

Add a token to your favorites list by clicking the heart icon next to the token name and pair.

View all your favorited tokens and quickly manage them here. Also view how well your favorites have performed at a glance

View current chain status and trending pairs.

Our holder analytics tool is a powerful way to quickly see token distribution at a glance, as well as sort token holders by size and search specific wallet addresses.

All main token info displayed at the top left of every chart for easy reference. All of these metrics will auto-refresh so you don't have to.

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Read a comprehensive review covering all you need to know about different exchanges that have the token you are viewing.

View at a glance any exchange or dex that offers the token you are viewing, allowing you to easily view all your options in one place.

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Quickly and easily view different pairs for the token you are viewing on this drop down menu. 

Collapsible tool bar where you can quickly access all your tools right next to the chart. Additionally access your favorites quickly at the top of the tool bar.

Navigate different data figures based on time periods, helping you spot trends and averages easily.

Utilize our auto-refreshing safety checks to view the most important safety details when looking at new tokens. We also display liquidity lock status and location.

Generate an image to quickly share token information with your friends! The image displays all relevant token info including trending status.

Use our custom search function to find the exact token you're looking for by name or contract.

Find all relevant social links for a token, including website, whitepaper, social media accounts, and much more!

Easily and discreetly check in on a tokens social feeds/sites without having to make an account, nor ever leaving coinscan.com 

This is where you will navigate across different chains throughout the platform. You will also be able to monitor the native token price and current GWEI value right next to it.

Connect your wallet to access premium features and track your trades.

Easily convert token amount with our currency converter.

Use the copy to clipboard function to quickly share a token information image with your friends.

Add your favorite tokens to view them here.

View your favorite token and utilize all the tools our chart has to offer, including the unique 15 and 30 seconds candles.

View summarized information, socials, and more in-depth data about the pair.

Adjust your currency, language, and theme preferences.

Stay away from scams with our real-time safety checks and community sentiment.

Use the search function to find your favorite tokens by name or contract.

View all non-technical information and community sentiment on your token.

Trading history gives you a clear view of transcations made to and from a token - in addition, you can see pending transaction straight from the mempool. *Pending data is approximated

Step up your trading experience with different tools CoinScan has to offer including real-time market data and socials information.

Here you will find trending tokens based on volume/price action. Always displayed at the top of every page for convenience.

Trading history gives you a clear view of transactions made for a specific token. Powered by coinscans unique technology, enjoy the fastest updating trading history on any charting site. 

CoinScan will offer dynamic identification for free in the form of non intrusive pop ups, notifying users when a developer does a buyback, a front run sandwich has occurred, or a dev/team wallet selling tokens.

If you are a premium member, you will be able to see pending transactions on the trade history in real time. Offering a powerful way to see what transactions are being sent to the blockchain before they are confirmed, we provide you with unrivaled insight into price action for any token on the blockchain. *Pending data is approximated and not 100% guaranteed*

Toggle between light and dark mode themes depending on what you prefer.

Here you will find the token logo, name, contract address, and pair address, alongside 'quick copy' buttons for added convenience and sharing.

See a brief description, explanation, and price statistics of the token you are viewing. 

Observe trending tokens on the network you select based on our unique algorithm that factors in new tokens alongside older more established ones.

View quickly all the different exchanges and swaps that the token you are viewing is available on. Alongside providing the source, we also provide price, volume, and a quick rating score. There is a dedicated markets section below the trade history for further information as well.

CoinScan premium members get access to pending transactions in the buy and sell feed on any token!

CoinScan premium members get access to pending transactions in the buy and sell feed, a powerful upgrade that allows you to see incoming transactions before they are confirmed on the blockchain! This is our most powerful feature, allowing you to see incoming buys and sells, gas values, and give you foresight into price action before it happens!

Pending Buys and Sells

Total amount of transactions that has been made since contact was created.

24H Volume is the value of crypto</> that has been traded in the last 24 hours, calculated from both buys and sells. Volume is a leading indicator to determine how popular a token is. Generally, the more volume the better.

${tokenNameEllipsis} is a DeFi token on the Ethereum blockchain. ${tokenNameEllipsis} has

${tokenNameEllipsis} is a DeFi token on the ${networkName} blockchain. ${tokenNameEllipsis} has

since launch with current liquidity pool of ${liquidity}. The token has been around for ${exitsDate} days.

You can purchase this token above through any of our recommended swaps. Currently this token is trading on Uniswap V2

You can purchase this token above through any of our recommended swaps. Currently this token is trading on ${exchangeName}

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