Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency is Coingsty’s umbrella section for everything beyond Bitcoin: the wider market of tokens and coins that trade around it, how they’re categorized, and what actually differentiates one project from another.We track individual assets on live coin pages that pull price, market cap and volume from exchange data rather than have those numbers frozen inside an article. Coverage is split by beat — Altcoin News, Ethereum News, DeFi News, NFTs & Web3 and RWA & Tokenization — and every story carries a Wire Stamp showing when it was filed and last touched. If you want to see how two assets stack up side by side, the Compare Cryptocurrencies tool is built for that.New to the space? Start with the glossary for plain-English definitions, then move into the longer guides.This section is informational, not investment advice. Cryptocurrency markets are volatile and thinly regulated in places — size any position accordingly.
How a Stablecoin Actually Holds Its Peg
A peg is not a promise the price will hold. It is a mechanism, and knowing which mechanism a token uses tells you how it would break.
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What Market Capitalisation Leaves Out
Market cap is price multiplied by supply. It is a ranking tool, not a valuation, and treating it as money that could be withdrawn is a…
C Callum Ashby 3 min read 03 CryptocurrencyHow an Order Book Sets the Price You Actually Get
The quoted price is the price of the last trade or the next small one. Here is how a book really fills an order, and why…
C Callum Ashby 3 min read 04 CryptocurrencyWhat Actually Makes a Crypto Asset Liquid
Liquidity is not the same as trading volume. It is the cost of changing your mind, and it can vanish exactly when you need it most.
C Callum Ashby 3 min read