Cryptocurrency guide

Discover how to use the Phantom multichain wallet to interact with blockchains, including Solana and Ethereum, and their respective ecosystems of apps and tokens.

Learn how to use Uniswap to swap tokens, provide liquidity, and trade NFTs.

Bitcoin (BTC) was the first cryptocurrency ever created and has dominated the market with its fixed supply, decentralized structure, and price-setting trends. Bitcoin remains the benchmark for other digital assets, and understanding its price patterns can be helpful to navigating the crypto market.

Cardano is a Layer 1 blockchain platform that was conceived to be more flexible, scalable, and sustainable than Ethereum.

Dogecoin (DOGE) is the original memecoin that helped propel memecoins an as an entire segment of the crypto markets. Despite its modest beginnings as a joke between two software engineers, Dogecoin has become a stalwart of the cryptocurrency space, consistently achieving a ranking in the top ten tokens by market cap.

Ethereum (ETH) launched in 2015 and pioneered smart contract blockchains.

Polkadot is a blockchain protocol that aims to achieve interoperability and scalability while preserving high security and decentralization. It was founded by Gavin Wood, one of the co-founders of Ethereum and the designer of the Solidity programming language.

Shiba Inu (SHIB) is one of the most popular memecoins, inspired by the famous “doge” meme featuring a Japanese Shiba Inu dog. It gained rapid popularity in 2021, soon after its launch, and at a time when meme-based trading emerged as a new phenomenon among Reddit users. However, unlike many memecoins, which offer minimal utility, SHIB is now the native token for the Shibarium Layer 2 platform and can be used for staking or liquidity provision in the Shiba Inu ecosystem.

SOL is the native token of the Solana blockchain.

XRP is the digital asset used by the XRP Ledger (XRPL), a non-blockchain distributed ledger technology (DLT) built to facilitate financial transactions.

Runes is a Bitcoin-based protocol that allows for the creation of fungible tokens on the Bitcoin blockchain.

The XRP Ledger is a decentralized blockchain network that supports XRP, the platform’s native cryptocurrency, and facilitates transactions of IOU (which stands for “I owe you”) tokens.

The 0x protocol provides an infrastructure for the exchange of Ethereum-based digital assets using both on- and off-chain components.

1inch is a decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator that allows users to swap tokens at optimal prices by accessing liquidity from multiple sources.

Aave is a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol that allows users to lend their cryptocurrencies for interest and borrow both crypto and real-world assets. Originally built on the Ethereum blockchain, it has expanded to other blockchains like Avalanche, Fantom, and more.

Algorand is a smart contract platform for building decentralized applications (dapps) created with the goal of solving the blockchain trilemma of decentralization, security, and scalability.

Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are a financial instrument that give traditional market investors the ability to invest in cryptocurrency without having to directly purchase the asset.

ApeCoin (APE) is a cryptocurrency intended to support the development of a decentralized web3, inspired by one of the most famous and valuable NFT collections: the Bored Ape Yacht Club.