Crypto Glossary
Learn the essential cryptocurrency and blockchain terms. Our comprehensive glossary helps you understand the key concepts in the crypto world.
82 terms
Comprehensive glossary covering 82 essential crypto and blockchain terms.
Learn the essential cryptocurrency and blockchain terms. Our comprehensive glossary helps you understand the key concepts in the crypto world.
82 terms
Comprehensive glossary covering 82 essential crypto and blockchain terms.
A prolonged period of declining cryptocurrency prices, typically defined as a 20%+ drop from recent highs, marked by pessimism and reduced trading activity.
A prolonged period of rising cryptocurrency prices, characterized by optimism, increasing trading volume, and growing mainstream adoption.
A peer-to-peer marketplace where users trade cryptocurrency directly from their wallets without relying on a centralized intermediary to hold funds.
A financial ecosystem built on blockchain technology that provides traditional financial services like lending, trading, and insurance without banks or intermediaries.
A cryptocurrency wallet connected to the internet, offering convenient access for frequent trading and dApp interaction but with higher security risk than cold wallets.
The automatic closing of a leveraged trading position when the trader's margin falls below the required maintenance level.
A collection of tokens locked in a smart contract that provides liquidity for decentralized trading, lending, and other DeFi activities.
A real-time list of buy and sell orders for a trading pair, organized by price level, showing market depth and supply/demand dynamics.
Physical or traditional financial assets like real estate, bonds, and commodities that are tokenized and brought on-chain for trading and use in DeFi.
The total amount of a cryptocurrency traded within a specific time period, typically measured over 24 hours.