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New to crypto, or levelling up? The CoinScoop Learn hub collects our plain-English guides and explainers — how the technology works, how to stay safe, and how to make sense of the market.

Latest guides

• Kraken Taxes and Form 1099-DA: Kraken’s Combined Form 1099 ExplainedKraken sends US clients a combined Form 1099 with Form 1099-DA and 1099-MISC. What it covers, what it leaves out, and how to report it.
• Coinbase Taxes and Form 1099-DA: What Coinbase Reports to the IRSCoinbase reports your crypto sales on Form 1099-DA and rewards over $600 on Form 1099-MISC. What each form shows, why cost basis may be missing, and how to report it.
• Form 1099-DA Explained: What Your Crypto Exchange Reports to the IRSForm 1099-DA is the IRS form US crypto brokers use to report your sales. For 2025 it shows proceeds only; from 2026 it adds cost basis for crypto bought on the same exchange.
• Stablecoin Yield: Live Rates and Where the Interest Comes FromLive APYs for the biggest stablecoin savings and lending products, where each rate comes from, and the risks behind yields above the Treasury-bill rate.
• USDT vs USDC: Differences, Reserves and Which to UseUSDT is the biggest and most-traded stablecoin; USDC is smaller but more transparent and more tightly regulated. Live data, reserves and risks compared.

Start here

• What is Bitcoin, and how does it work?
• How to buy and store crypto safely
• Reading the market: price, market cap and volume
• Understanding DeFi, stablecoins and staking — start with our live stablecoin registry, which explains fiat-backed, crypto-backed and yield-bearing designs

Guides are published as they’re written — check back as the library grows, or browse our latest analysis.