Decentralized oracles help connect off-chain external data and APIs with sovereign blockchains. In other words, blockchain oracles provide a framework for smart contracts to access data that is not deterministic or readily available from the information contained on this chain. This data could be anything from price feed to weather

Crypto markets are known to be quite volatile. Rapid price movements can often be explained by the lack of liquidity; however, another common explanation for drastic fluctuations are flash crashes. A flash crash is a rapid and unexpected price drop that is immediately followed by a recovery. This rapid sell-off

In traditional finance, options are a type of derivative product that allows investors to transact financial instruments such as indices at a predetermined price during a set period of time. Depending on which side of the trade the investor decides to take, there are call (buy) and put (sell) options.

The world's leading digital asset, Bitcoin, emerged in 2009 when an anonymous individual or group of individuals named Satoshi Nakamoto started a digital revolution to rewire the finance industry. For nearly a decade, institutional investors on Wall Street overlooked crypto as an asset class, while public perception was

Consensus Mechanisms Since the publication of the Bitcoin Whitepaper, which was the first to propose Proof-of-Work as a consensus mechanism, a series of novel approaches have been introduced. These new consensus mechanisms include Proof-of-Stake (PoS) and Delegated Proof-of-Stake (DPoS) becoming the industry standard. The rising popularity of the staking-based approaches

Introduction Hearing crypto enthusiasts speak in an entirely different language can make the industry feel like a walled garden. Originating from chat rooms with a small group of supporters in 2010, crypto has grown into a strong community with memes and jargon that make up an integral part of the