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Explore 125+ clear, technical, and objective definitions defining the decentralized future.
A unique wallet address (string of letters/numbers) generated by the CEX for receiving crypto from external wallets.
DYOR means Do Your Own Research. It is a reminder that every trader and investor should investigate a project, market, or trade idea independently before committing capital.
A fakeout is a false breakout where price briefly moves beyond a key level and then reverses.
Government-issued money (USD, EUR, ZAR, etc.) used for deposits, withdrawals, or trading pairs on a CEX.
An order that must be filled completely and immediately, or it is entirely canceled (no partial fills).
FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out). The anxiety-driven urge to buy an asset because you fear missing rapid gains others are making.
A fork is a change or split in a blockchain’s protocol, rules, or software that alters how the network operates.
FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) Deliberate or organic spread of negative news/rumors to create panic and drive prices down.
A periodic payment exchanged between traders holding long (buy) and short (sell) positions in perpetual futures contracts.
Dedicated wallet for margin, futures, and perpetual trading (isolated or cross).
A gas fee is the cost paid to process a transaction or execute a smart contract action on a blockchain. It is the fee users pay to the network so their transaction can be included and confirmed.
A physical, offline device (such as Ledger Nano S/X, Trezor Model T, or KeepKey) that securely stores your cryptocurrency private keys and signs transactions without ever exposing the keys to the internet or your computer/phone.
Hash rate measures the total computational power used in mining.
"Hold On for Dear Life" — a long-term passive investment strategy of holding cryptocurrencies through volatility without selling, originally from a 2013 Bitcoin forum typo for "hold."
A hot wallet is a crypto wallet connected to the internet, typically used for quick access, trading, transfers, and interacting with decentralized applications.
A large order split into smaller visible portions ("display size") while hiding the full quantity to avoid market impact.
An Initial Coin Offering, or ICO, is a fundraising method where a new crypto project sells tokens to early supporters before or near launch in order to raise capital.
An order that executes immediately what it can at the specified price/limits, then cancels any unfilled portion.
Impermanent loss is the temporary loss in value that a liquidity provider may experience when the price of the tokens in a liquidity pool changes compared with simply holding those tokens in a wallet.
One-click swap between two cryptocurrencies or fiat-to-crypto at the current market rate (no order book).