Skip to content
Beta

Latest

All · 170 articles
What Is the Crypto Fear and Greed Index? — OTCN Research cover
Crypto Trading & Derivatives 07 Oct · 6 min

What Is the Crypto Fear and Greed Index?

The Crypto Fear and Greed Index scores sentiment from 0 to 100 using volatility, volume, social media, dominance and search trends. How it works and its limits.

What Is an Exchange Token? — OTCN Research cover
Altcoins & Tokens 07 Oct · 6 min

What Is an Exchange Token?

Exchange tokens are issued by crypto exchanges for fee discounts, perks and gas. How they work, what supports their value and what FTT's collapse showed.

What Do Exchange Inflows and Outflows Show? — OTCN Research cover
Tokenomics & On-Chain 07 Oct · 5 min

What Do Exchange Inflows and Outflows Show?

Exchange inflows track coins moving onto exchanges; outflows track coins leaving. What each usually signals, why internal transfers mislead and how to read it.

What Are Euro Stablecoins? — OTCN Research cover
Stablecoins 07 Oct · 6 min

What Are Euro Stablecoins?

Euro stablecoins are tokens pegged to the euro and regulated in the EU as e-money tokens under MiCA. How they work, who issues them and why the market is small.

Ethereum vs Solana — OTCN Research cover
Ethereum & Smart Contracts 07 Oct · 7 min

Ethereum vs Solana

Ethereum scales with layer 2 rollups; Solana runs everything on one fast chain. Compare their designs, fees, reliability record and the uses each suits.

Ethereum Staking Risks and Mistakes — OTCN Research cover
Ethereum & Smart Contracts 07 Oct · 6 min

Ethereum Staking Risks and Mistakes

The Ethereum staking mistakes that cost the most, from slashing and token depegs to custody and exit queues, and what to do instead of each one.

What Is Slashing in Ethereum Staking? — OTCN Research cover
Ethereum & Smart Contracts 07 Oct · 6 min

What Is Slashing in Ethereum Staking?

Slashing destroys part of a validator's stake and forces it out for provably breaking Ethereum's rules. What triggers it, how it grows and how to avoid it.

What Are Ethereum Rollups? — OTCN Research cover
Ethereum & Smart Contracts 07 Oct · 6 min

What Are Ethereum Rollups?

Rollups run transactions off Ethereum's main chain and post compressed data and proofs back to it. How they work, why fees are lower and what risks remain.

What Was the Ethereum Merge? — OTCN Research cover
Ethereum & Smart Contracts 07 Oct · 7 min

What Was the Ethereum Merge?

On September 15, 2022, Ethereum swapped mining for proof of stake without stopping the chain. Learn how the Merge worked, what it changed and what it did not.

How Ethereum's Fee Burn Affects ETH Supply — OTCN Research cover
Ethereum & Smart Contracts 07 Oct · 6 min

How Ethereum’s Fee Burn Affects ETH Supply

Part of every Ethereum fee is burned, so ETH supply falls when activity is high and grows when it is low. See what drives the burn and why supply rose in 2024.

Where Does DeFi Yield Come From? — OTCN Research cover
DeFi 07 Oct · 6 min

Where Does DeFi Yield Come From?

DeFi yield comes from borrowers, traders, staking, real-world assets, derivatives or newly printed tokens. How to tell which one pays you and why it matters.

DeFi Lending vs Centralized Crypto Lenders — OTCN Research cover
DeFi 07 Oct · 6 min

DeFi Lending vs Centralized Crypto Lenders

DeFi lending runs on smart contracts; centralized lenders like Celsius took custody of deposits. Compare transparency, control, risks and what happened in 2022.