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![NFT sign](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/034EJL5YvZsJ4b8U5UCNZhY/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1693344977.jpg)
![NFT sign](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/034EJL5YvZsJ4b8U5UCNZhY/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1693344977.jpg)
![Friend.tech homepage](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06Kb9bjajRgCX9dCaaYAaXj/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1692653883.png)
![Friend.tech homepage](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06Kb9bjajRgCX9dCaaYAaXj/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1692653883.png)
![X logo on mobile device](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/003NkSr4jS8NRrNk0JbytQp/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1692636729.jpg)
![X logo on mobile device](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/003NkSr4jS8NRrNk0JbytQp/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1692636729.jpg)
![Bored Ape Yacht Club collection in OpenSea displayed on a phone screen and NFT logo displayed on a screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on April 19, 2022.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/03twH5PfwE8E6uNYxprdsHH/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1692375127.jpg)
![Bored Ape Yacht Club collection in OpenSea displayed on a phone screen and NFT logo displayed on a screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on April 19, 2022.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/03twH5PfwE8E6uNYxprdsHH/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1692375127.jpg)
![Robinhood crypto](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/004V0pXO4ZRCas3y3nihNF0/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1686344478.jpg)
![Robinhood crypto](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/004V0pXO4ZRCas3y3nihNF0/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1686344478.jpg)
![Coinbase and Binance apps on mobile device](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/003l7w4da5aDnv9cFxou2IH/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1686072817.jpg)
![Coinbase and Binance apps on mobile device](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/003l7w4da5aDnv9cFxou2IH/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1686072817.jpg)
![Binance logo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02ffNoC9H51gxvmpbD0A4jL/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1683397496.jpg)
![Binance logo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02ffNoC9H51gxvmpbD0A4jL/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1683397496.jpg)
![illustration of elon musk wearing a blue beak mask](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02uKuA8w5sYepVfh6VVif9w/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1680550264.jpg)
![illustration of elon musk wearing a blue beak mask](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02uKuA8w5sYepVfh6VVif9w/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1680550264.jpg)
![Do Kwon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06qvLEJ5m7smDr8mGC1wHzz/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1679582338.jpg)
![Do Kwon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06qvLEJ5m7smDr8mGC1wHzz/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1679582338.jpg)
![Guo Wengui and Steve Bannon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01qNBC5jQ8Mvv4eFUez4i6L/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1678916805.jpg)
![Guo Wengui and Steve Bannon](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01qNBC5jQ8Mvv4eFUez4i6L/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1678916805.jpg)
![Online scammers](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02Y63yHELoGrtHXnLmMGfWc/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1678899676.jpg)
![Online scammers](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02Y63yHELoGrtHXnLmMGfWc/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1678899676.jpg)
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![Facebook Instagram apps](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01eGoPHpThy2tKAYJw8Coj9/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1678778272.jpg)
![President Joe Biden](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02evU6D7lYr8x4fVXTUIimD/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1678737533.jpg)
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![Sillicon Valley Bank](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02lWd6SUx72kiquZygYzOqm/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1678553485.jpg)
![Sillicon Valley Bank](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02lWd6SUx72kiquZygYzOqm/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1678553485.jpg)
![Silvergate logo displayed on a phone screen, surrounded by coins representing cryptocurrencies.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/03GIDPKaU9cN5lFKDXXPlLb/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1678327328.jpg)
![Silvergate logo displayed on a phone screen, surrounded by coins representing cryptocurrencies.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/03GIDPKaU9cN5lFKDXXPlLb/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1678327328.jpg)
![FTX logo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05wEPSbhCESfQxikURnaRFk/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1677878304.jpg)
![FTX logo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05wEPSbhCESfQxikURnaRFk/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1677878304.jpg)
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![Crypto market manipulation](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01cnOzAUAkFywsT5JnypnRu/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1673982622.jpg)
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![Sam Bankman-Fried](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/037zXixoUGZhNejDYq91f1l/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1673544793.jpg)
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Cryptocurrency is a type of digital currency that relies on cryptography and blockchain technology to enable users to send and receive the currency without a trusted third party. The most popular cryptocurrency out there, Bitcoin, works by having numerous computers running a complex math puzzle in order to verify blocks (hence: blockchain) which contain all the new transactions made on the network. Once they do, they get bitcoins as reward, making it lucrative for them to power the network. Since it takes vast computational power to beat all of these computers at math, this makes Bitcoin secure from attackers who would want to falsify transactions. Besides Bitcoin, there are numerous other cryptocurrencies, each with a different goal. Best known among them is Ethereum, which uses similar basic principles as Bitcoin in order to power a network for decentralized applications.