Grayson Carter

Grayson Carter

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Grayson wrangles words as a content manager for Milk Road. He has an economics degree from University of California, Los Angeles but his real education started when get got orange-pilled in 2018. Been riding the crypto rollercoaster ever since - and somehow still smiling.

May 16, 2025

What Is A Bear Market?

What is a bear market? Easy: a period of time in which financial markets are going down. (If someone has ‘bearish’ sentiments about the market, it means they believe price are going to go down)....

May 16, 2025

What Are Algorithmic Stablecoins?

What are Algorithmic Stablecoins? Algorithmic Stablecoins are stable digital currencies that are designed to stay tied (or ‘pegged’) to those of real-word assets, like the U.S. dollar. What makes them different from other stablecoins is that they aren’t backed by real-world assets and instead use othe digital currencies as their reserves. E.g.: For an algorithmic......

May 15, 2025

What Is A Cold Wallet?

What is a cold wallet (also known as a ‘hard wallet’ or ‘paper wallet’)? A cold wallet is any sort of crypto wallet that isn’t connected to the internet by default. The most common type of cold wallet is a hardware wallet (or ‘hard wallet’). Which is a password-protected storage device (like a flash drive......

May 14, 2025

What Are Tokenomics?

What are tokenomics? Think of tokenomics like sports stats, but for crypto tokens. Instead of tracking a players total points per game, tokenomics track things like: a blockchain’s maximum supply of coins, its total number of developers/users, and investor allocations. If something impacts a token's use and value, it can be seen as a part......

May 11, 2025

What Is A Ticker Symbol?

What is a ticker symbol? Put simply, a ticker symbol is a 3-4 letter code that is used to represent a coin, token, or stock on an exchange or trading platform. Eg: Bitcoin (ticker symbol BTC) or Ethereum (ticker symbol ETH)....

May 8, 2025

What Is A Blockchain?

Short answer... When transactions are processed on a cryptocurrency network, they’re first sorted into groups, or ‘blocks’. These ‘blocks’ of transactions are then processed one after another, in a chain. A block-chain. Long answer... Think of a blockchain as a transaction list that is uploaded to thousands of computers around the world. If someone sends......

May 7, 2025

What Are Zero Knowledge Proofs (Zk Proofs)?

What are Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZK-Proofs)? Imagine you're loading two trucks with cargo. When loading the first, all the cargo has been pre-checked (everything that is meant to be in each box has been reviewed and verified). But on the second, that cargo 'pre-check' hasn't been carried out. Which means you need to open, check, verify,......

May 7, 2025

What Is A Bull Run?

What is a bull run? Easy: a period of time in which financial markets are going up. If someone has ‘bullish’ sentiments about the market, it means they believe prices are going to go up....

May 6, 2025

What is Staking?

Short answer... Staking is the crypto equivalent of putting your money into a high-interest savings account (typically earning an average of 4-7% a year in interest). For a full walkthrough of how to stake visit our guide on the best crypto staking platforms. Long answer... It works like this… You add your coins to a......

May 3, 2025

What Is Web3?

Short answer: Web3 is the decentralized form of the World Wide Web, meaning users own all of their data (instead of tech giants). If users want to sell their data to advertisers, that’s their prerogative. The difference is: they have the choice. Long answer: Web3 is the next progression from (you guessed it!) Web2. Don’t......

March 27, 2025

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February 16, 2025

What Is Market Cap in Crypto?

Key Market Cap (MC) Takeaways The Market Cap of a token gives you a better understanding of it's actual size and therefore it's potential upside (or downside). Comparing Circulating Market Cap and Fully Diluted Value will highlight potential inflation and sell pressure, driving prices down. Market capitalization (MC), or market cap for short, is a......

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