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What is ENS?

The name service opened in 2017. The token launched on 8 November 2021, with 100 million minted. A quarter was claimable by people who had registered .eth names. That claim closed on 4 May 2022.EasyCryptoGuides · 9 Nov 2021 · 2 min read

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What is Immutable (IMX)?

IMX started trading on 5 November 2021. Before that, each pre-launch unit was split into 100, and the cap went from 20 million to 2 billion. The rollup was built with StarkWare for NFT minting and trading. ETH still pays a withdrawal.EasyCryptoGuides · 5 Nov 2021 · 1 min read

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What is JasmyCoin (JASMY)?

Jasmy’s own page says the token is an ERC-20 with a supply of 50 billion. A Japanese exchange started trading it on 26 October 2021 and said it was issued in December 2019. The company was started by a former Sony president. The token is not Sony’s.EasyCryptoGuides · 27 Oct 2021 · 1 min read

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What is Toncoin, now Gram?

The coin was Toncoin, ticker TON. On 15 June 2026 the display name became Gram, ticker GRAM. Balances were not swapped. The chain is still TON. A site that tells you to claim the new ticker is not the rename.EasyCryptoGuides · 16 Aug 2021 · 3 min read

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What is Bitget Token (BGB)?

BGB launched on 26 July 2021 as an ERC-20. Bitget burned 800 million around the start of 2025 and said the supply was 1.2 billion. In September 2025 it said Morph would use BGB as gas. Fee discounts apply on the exchange.EasyCryptoGuides · 29 Jul 2021 · 2 min read

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What is FLOKI?

The project dates the token to 25 June 2021, and a relaunch to 6 July. Ethereum and BNB Chain each had a 10 trillion mint. A bridge between them was closed and burned in February 2023. ETH or BNB pays the fee.EasyCryptoGuides · 7 Jul 2021 · 2 min read

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What is eCash (XEC)?

Bitcoin Cash split on 15 November 2020. Exchanges kept the BCH ticker for one side. The other became Bitcoin Cash ABC, then eCash on 1 July 2021. The chain did not change. The unit did. One BCHA displays as 1,000,000 XEC.EasyCryptoGuides · 2 Jul 2021 · 2 min read

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What is APENFT (NFT)?

APENFT was registered in Singapore on 29 March 2021. The public sale was on 20 May 2021. The supply is 999,990,000,000,000. The ticker is NFT. A fungible token is not the artwork the project said it registered.EasyCryptoGuides · 21 May 2021 · 1 min read

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What is Convex (CVX)?

Convex Finance opened on 17 May 2021. The cap is 100 million CVX. It sits on top of Curve. Locking CRV there was described as one way. CVX is not CRV.EasyCryptoGuides · 18 May 2021 · 1 min read

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What is the Internet Computer (ICP)?

The Internet Computer opened its genesis unlock on 10 May 2021. ICP governs the network and is burned for computation. There is no fixed cap. An account identifier is not an Ethereum address.EasyCryptoGuides · 12 May 2021 · 2 min read

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What is Pendle (PENDLE)?

PENDLE’s public sale was 28 April 2021. The app splits a yield-bearing token into a principal token, redeemed at expiry, and a yield token that ends with the pool. The vote-lock was paused in January 2026.EasyCryptoGuides · 29 Apr 2021 · 2 min read

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What is Mina (MINA)?

The project was called Coda until September 2020. Mainnet opened on 23 March 2021. The whole chain is meant to stay a few kilobytes, so a phone can check it. The opening distribution was about 805 million. New MINA is minted.EasyCryptoGuides · 24 Mar 2021 · 1 min read

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