Crypto Glossary
Learn the most important blockchain and cryptocurrency terms here.
a
Add Margin
Increase the margin to avoid forced liquidation in case of sudden market changes
Add Position
A continuous behavior of increasing positions, usually used in spot trading
All in
All available funds are used to buy coins
b
Bearish Factor
Refers to news, mostly referring to unfavorable news.
Big Pump
A certain currency rises sharply in a short period of time
Binance
The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, founded in 2017
Breakeven
Positions held are finally coming back to cost after a sustained loss position
BUIDL
Equivalent to build, represents community members that contribute to the construction and success of a project through technology, money, marketing, etc.
Bull Market
The value of similar types of assets continues to rise sharply over a period of time. This period is called a bull market.
Bullish Factor
Applicable to news, use good news to drive market sentiment and stimulate rising prices, but the market does not necessarily rise.
c
Candlestick Chart
Candlestick charts contain price trends and opening and closing prices within a specific time period (days, hours, minutes, seconds, etc.)
Circulating Market Cap
The circulating market value within a specific time period is the number of tokens that can be traded multiplied by the price at that time
Circulating Suply
It represents the total number of tokens of a project on the blockchain that can be freely traded in the market
Consolidation
Price fluctuations are very small, both up and down in a very small range
Contract
Essentially, it is gambling on rises and falls. If you guess right, you can make a profit. If you read it wrong, you will lose money.
d
Dump
Selling pressure, applicable to the expiration of cryptocurrency lockups, when a lot of selling of a cryptocurrency takes place all at once
f
Fear & Greed Index
A data indicating market sentiment, the index is 0-100, 0 represents the most panic, 100 represents the most greed
Flash Crash
A large number of sell orders entered the market at the same time, causing prices to drop sharply in an instant
Flavor of The Month
Flavor of the month describes a cryptocurrency that is popular at a particular time, usually for a short amount of time
FOMO
Fear of missing out, Refers to the phenomenon that investors panic buy upon seeing a sharp rise in the price of an asset, missing the best entry point.
Forced Liquidation
When leverage is used in contracts and the margin is insufficient to pay for losses due to drastic market fluctuations, resulting in forced liquidation
FUD
Fear, uncertainty and doubt. Refers to the sum of some negative news that will cause panic and selling in the market, leading to lower prices.
g
Go Long
Hope to buy low and sell high, hold long positions in the market
Go Short
Believe that the market will fall in the future, so hold short positions in the market
Grayscale
A well-known cryptocurrency investment institution
Grid Trading
A strategy to profit from market volatility
h
Halving
By algorithm, increase mining difficulty and reduce mining rewards starting from a fixed block height
HODL
HODL, or “Hold On for Dear Life,”equivalent to HOLD, refers to investors who are confident that their positions will achieve profits in the future or even change the world
i
Impermanent Loss
A kind of loss that will be encountered during liquidity mining, usually caused by the token price deviation
l
Leverage
Crypto leverage trading is a type of trading that allows traders to increase their exposure to the market without having to put up the full amount of capital required
Limit Order
Send a request to the broker or exchange, requesting to buy or sell a certain currency at a specific price
Liquidate Position
Sell all of your currencies
Liquidation
Cryptocurrency liquidation occurs when a trader's position is forced to close owing to insufficient margin to cover an ongoing loss
Liquidity
Liquidity in cryptocurrency allows for price stability and decreased volatility, and refers to the ease by which one can convert a digital coin or token into cash or another digital asset without impacting its price
Liquidity Mining
Providing liquidity to DeFi platforms, lending agreements and other decentralized projects can obtain platform tokens as rewards or compensation for occasional losses
Liquidity Pool
Liquidity pools are funds locked in smart contracts that can be used to facilitate decentralized transactions
Liquidity Providers
Liquidity providers are companies that keep trading crypto assets in their own accounts and assist brokers and other organizations in filling client orders, and which are designed to help solve the liquidity problems of cryptocurrency exchanges
m
Manipulation
A manipulation technique commonly used by market makers, very common in small market cap assets
Margin
Crypto margin trading is a type of trade where an investor uses borrowed funds to bet on the price of a cryptocurrency going up or down.
Market Maker
The controller of a project can manipulate market prices through trading
Marketcap
Based on the current price of trading on the exchange, the calculation result of the overall value of a token. The market value is not fixed and will change with price changes.
McDonald's
A common phrase in the currency circle, meaning that after losing money, they have to rely on working to maintain a living
Meme
A meaning of a "phrase", a kind of network culture. In cryptocurrencies, it represents cryptocurrencies born because of a certain phrase. DOGE is one of the representative tokens of MEME.
MEME Coin
Currencies without any actual value support, just like air, are worthless
MetaMask
A decentralized wallet founded by Ethereum technology company in 2016, still one of the most popular wallets to date
Miner
Miners, individuals or organizations that mine under the POW mechanism using computer power
Mining
A process of adding new blocks to the blockchain by solving mathematical problems
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OG
Internet slang, referring to veteran-level figures who entered a project or industry at a very early stage
One-side Market
Asset prices continue to develop in the same direction for a period of time
Open Position
Open position is any established or entered trade that is yet to be closed with an opposing trade.
OTC
Over-the-counter trading or off-exchange trading, is a method of trading crypto typically reserved for institutions and high-volume traders and a framework of financial technology that enables trading markets outside a regular exchange.
p
Platform Token
Refers to tokens issued by exchanges or other institutions, BNB is a cryptocurrency issued by Binance
POS
Equity proof, similar to stock equity proof. The more tokens you hold, the higher the probability of obtaining accounting rights
Position
The amount or position held by investors in a certain asset
POW
Proof of work, a cryptocurrency consensus mechanism. The more you pay, the more you get. Whoever pays more computing power in the mining process can get more mining rewards
Primary Market
The primary market is where companies issue a new security, not previously traded on any exchange.
Privacy Coin
Hide transaction amount, sender and recipient in transactions, XRM is a representative currency
Pullback
A short-term drop in prices during a bullish trend
Pump and Dump
First buy a cryptocurrency and hype it up to raise the price. After rising to a certain extent, sell it in large quantities and make a profit
q
Quantitative Trading
Quantitative trading involves the use of computer algorithms and programs—based on simple or complex mathematical models—to identify available trading opportunities.
r
Rebound
The currency price is supported by technical or fundamental levels or funds intervention during the decline, and the market turns from decline to rise
Reduce Position
Sell some of the held positions
Retail Investors
A retail investor is an individual or nonprofessional investor who buys and sells securities through brokerage firms or retirement accounts.
Reverse
The currency price hits bottom, drops unstoppably, turns from a downward trend to an upward trend, commonly seen in V-shaped reversals. Rebound is the basis for reversal
ROI
Investment return ratio, the ratio of returns from investment
RUG
Investors panic usually because the project team suddenly runs away, causing the token value to plummet.
Rug Pull
Literally, it usually refers to a situation where the DeFi platform runs away with the money
s
Satoshi
The smallest divisible unit of Bitcoin, worth 0.00000001 BTC
Short Position
A short position is created when a trader sells a security first with the intention of repurchasing it or covering it later at a lower price
Spot Market
Spot asset trading market with immediate delivery
Stablecoin
Usually anchored to a fiat currency (usually USD), no fluctuation or very little fluctuation
Stop Loss
Refers to selling after losing to a certain extent in spot or long trading, to avoid more loses
t
Take Profits
Choose to leave immediately after making a profit for safety
Tether
The issuing agency of stablecoin USDT, which bridges cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies
Token
ERC20, tokens that can run on the Ethereum blockchain
v
Vitalik Buterin
Ethereum co-founder and chief scientist, inventor of smart contracts
w
Wash Trading
Wash trading is an illegal practice where investors buy and sell the same financial instruments at the same time in order to manipulate the market
WEB 3
A broad concept, can be simply understood as a larger, more decentralized Internet
Whale
Individuals or institutions holding a large amount of cryptocurrency