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GeneralBeginnerThe IRS treats crypto as property, so selling, swapping or spending it usually triggers a capital gain or loss, while staking and mining rewards are income. Learn cost basis methods, Form 1099-DA, wash sale status and a worked example. Not tax advice.
#markets#regulation
GeneralBeginnerTokenomics sets how many tokens exist, who gets them and when, and what ties them to demand. Learn circulating, total and max supply, market cap vs. FDV, how vesting and cliffs work, using Arbitrum's real unlock, plus a checklist for reading any token.
#basics#markets#tokens
GeneralBeginnerA memecoin is a token built on a joke or trend, with little behind it except attention. Learn how launchpads like pump.fun work, how hard rugs, soft rugs and honeypots differ, and how to check mint authority, LP status and holder concentration.
#markets#security#tokens
HyperliquidIntermediatePerpetual futures track an asset's price with no expiry, using funding payments between longs and shorts to stay near spot. Hyperliquid runs them on its own chain with an on-chain order book and the HLP vault. Leverage can erase your margin quickly.
#defi#markets
BitcoinBeginnerBitcoin miners race to find a block hash below a network target and earn new coins plus fees. See how difficulty, pools and hashprice work, and a worked October 2026 example showing why a 200 TH/s machine needs power below about 9 cents per kWh.
#consensus#markets#mining
BitcoinBeginnerA spot ETF holds real bitcoin with a custodian while you own fund shares on a stock exchange. Authorized participants create and redeem shares to track NAV. Unlike self-custody, you can't send the coins or trade them 24/7.
#markets#regulation#wallets
EthereumIntermediateUniswap prices tokens from its own reserves: in a constant product pool x * y = k, so the price is the reserve ratio and every trade moves it. Arbitrage keeps pools in line with the market, while LPs bear impermanent loss.
#defi#markets#smart-contracts
PolygonBeginnerEach outcome share pays $1 in USDC if right and $0 if wrong, so its price reads as a probability. Polymarket mints shares in collateralized YES/NO pairs, matches orders off-chain, settles on Polygon, and resolves via UMA's oracle.
#markets#oracles#smart-contracts
