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Crypto Basics

What Is Automated Crypto Trading? How Crypto Trading Bots Work and Their Risks

October 23, 2026October 22, 2026
Automated crypto trading explained: trading bot icon, API key permissions panel with withdrawals off and IP whitelist on, and a grid bot chart with buy and sell levels, NutshellCrypto logo

Automated crypto trading explained: how trading bots work, API key safety, DCA, grid and arbitrage bots, real risks, fees and scam red flags. No hype.

Crypto Basics

Biggest Ethereum Layer 2 Networks by Users: Ranked List

October 21, 2026
Biggest Ethereum layer 2 networks by users: ranked bar chart of weekly active addresses for Base, Robinhood Chain, Celo and Arbitrum, NutshellCrypto logo

Ethereum layer 2 networks ranked by weekly active addresses from growthepie, with L2BEAT value secured and stage, plus how rollups work and the risks.

Crypto Basics

How to Read a Crypto Trading Chart: Candlesticks, Volume and Trends

November 10, 2026October 21, 2026
Crypto trading chart explained: candlestick chart with green and red candles, volume bars, a moving average line and labeled open, high, low and close, NutshellCrypto logo

Learn to read a crypto trading chart: candlesticks, timeframes, volume, support and resistance, moving averages and RSI, plus the limits and risks of charts.

Crypto Basics

What Is KYC in Crypto? Why Exchanges Verify Your Identity

October 26, 2026October 21, 2026
KYC crypto exchange identity verification illustration with an ID card, selfie check and verified account checkmark, NutshellCrypto logo

What KYC means on a crypto exchange: why a KYC exchange checks your ID, what documents you need, how long it takes, privacy risks and no-KYC exchange dangers.

Crypto Basics

What Is OTC Crypto Trading? How Over-the-Counter Desks Work

October 21, 2026
OTC crypto trading guide showing a request-for-quote card for a large Bitcoin block trade settled between a client and an OTC desk, NutshellCrypto logo

What an OTC crypto exchange or desk is, who uses one, and how a trade works: RFQ quotes, KYC, minimums, settlement, spreads, risks and OTC broker scams.

Crypto Basics

What Is Liquidation in Crypto? Why Leveraged Positions Get Closed

November 12, 2026October 21, 2026
Coin jar spilling its deposit as stacked mango crates topple next to a falling red chart and a Bitcoin coin, liquidation in crypto, NutshellCrypto logo

What is liquidation in crypto? A simple mango market story explains margin, liquidation price, leverage, cascades, and US and Canada rules.

Crypto Basics

What Is a Funding Rate? How Perpetual Futures Fees Work

October 30, 2026October 21, 2026
Scale balancing mangoes and a Bitcoin coin while one trader passes small coins to another under a clock, funding rate explained, NutshellCrypto logo

What is a funding rate? A simple mango market story explains crypto perpetual futures funding, who pays whom, how Coinbase and Binance calculate it, and risks.

Crypto Basics

What Are Perpetual Futures? How Crypto Perps Work

November 9, 2026October 21, 2026
Infinity-shaped conveyor belt carrying mangoes and Bitcoin coins, illustrating perpetual futures with no end date, NutshellCrypto logo

What are perpetual futures? A simple mango market story explains crypto perps, funding payments, leverage risks, and US and Canada access.

Crypto Basics

Crypto Options Explained: Calls, Puts and Premiums in Plain English

October 21, 2026
Buyer paying a small fee for an option ticket at a mango stall with Bitcoin and Ether coins, crypto options explained, NutshellCrypto logo

Crypto options explained with a simple mango market story: calls, puts, premiums, options vs futures, US and Canada access, and the main risks.

Crypto Basics

Crypto Futures Explained: How They Work, in Plain English

November 9, 2026October 21, 2026
Mango farmer and buyer shaking hands on a deal for next month beside a crate of mangoes and a Bitcoin coin, crypto futures explained, NutshellCrypto logo

Crypto futures explained with a simple mango market story: how Bitcoin futures work, margin, long vs short, US and Canada access, and the key risks.

Crypto Basics

What Are Ethereum Gas Fees? Why They Change and How to Pay Less

October 21, 2026October 20, 2026
Ethereum gas fees explained: gas pump with a low gas price gauge, ETH logo and gwei label, layer 1 and layer 2, NutshellCrypto logo

Ethereum gas fees explained: how gas, gwei, base fee and tips work, what common actions cost today, why fees change, and how to pay less with layer 2s.

Crypto Basics

What Is a Crypto DEX? How Decentralized Exchanges Work and How to Swap

October 27, 2026October 20, 2026
Crypto DEX guide showing an ETH to USDC swap card connected to a liquidity pool with the x times y equals k formula, NutshellCrypto logo

What a crypto DEX is and how decentralized exchanges work: liquidity pools, AMMs, aggregators, how to swap from your wallet, plus fees, risks and taxes.

Crypto Basics

Polkadot Staking: How to Stake DOT, Rewards and Risks

October 20, 2026
Polkadot staking guide showing DOT bonded and nominated to validators and a nomination pool, NutshellCrypto logo

Polkadot staking explained: nominating vs nomination pools, the 1 DOT pool minimum, 2-day unbonding, no nominator slashing, rewards, risks and taxes.

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