Crypto & Trading Glossary
250 plain-English definitions of crypto and trading terms. Every entry has a beginner definition, a technical one, a worked example and the mistakes people make with it.
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- Cryptocurrency basics 23
- Blockchain mechanics 15
- Wallets and self-custody 13
- Security and scams 17
- Buying crypto 15
- Investing basics 11
- DeFi 18
- Stablecoins and tokenization 4
- Tokenomics and supply 14
- Trading and market structure 27
- Order types 9
- Technical analysis 29
- Options and derivatives 9
- On-chain analysis 8
- Market cycles and sentiment 18
- Crypto slang 16
- Institutions and regulation 4
All terms, A to Z
- Asset
- Capital
- Capital Gain
- Capital Loss
- Diversification
- Liquidity
- Market Capitalization (Market Cap)
- Portfolio
- Risk Tolerance
- Return on Investment (ROI)
- Cryptocurrency
- Blockchain
- Decentralization
- Token
- Coin
- Bitcoin
- Ethereum
- Altcoin
- Smart Contract
- Consensus Mechanism
- Circulating Supply
- Total Supply
- Max Supply
- Tokenomics
- Exchange
- Centralized Exchange (CEX)
- Decentralized Exchange (DEX)
- Market Order
- Limit Order
- Volatility
- Wallet
- Hot Wallet
- Cold Wallet
- Private Key
- Public Key
- Seed Phrase
- KYC (Know Your Customer)
- AML (Anti-Money Laundering)
- Fiat Currency
- Stablecoin
- On-Ramp
- Off-Ramp
- DeFi (Decentralized Finance)
- NFT (Non-Fungible Token)
- Mining
- Staking
- Gas
- Hash
- Node
- Fork
- Whitepaper
- Proof of Work (PoW)
- Proof of Stake (PoS)
- Layer 1
- Layer 2
- Bridge
- DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization)
- Yield Farming
- Liquidity Pool
- Impermanent Loss
- Crypto Scam
- Ponzi Scheme
- Phishing
- Bull Market
- Bear Market
- Pump
- Dump
- HODL
- Diamond Hands
- Paper Hands
- FOMO
- FUD
- Bag
- Bag Holder
- Whale
- Rug Pull
- Shill
- Gas Fees
- Airdrop
- Burn
- ATH (All-Time High)
- WAGMI
- NGMI
- REKT
- DYOR
- NFA
- Mooning
- Flippening
- Maxi
- Degen
- Ape In
- Lambo
- Vaporware
- First Purchase
- Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA)
- Recurring Buy
- Minimum Buy
- Verification Level
- Withdrawal Hold
- Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
- Hardware Wallet
- Paper Wallet
- Multi-Signature (Multi-Sig)
- Custodial vs Non-Custodial
- Institutional Adoption
- Crypto Regulation
- Bitcoin Mining
- Corporate Treasury
- Self-Custody
- Bitcoin Security
- Market Sentiment
- ETFs
- Tokenization
- Real-World Assets
- Block
- Transaction
- Wallet Address
- Block Explorer
- Confirmation
- Finality
- Mempool
- Gas Limit
- Gwei
- Halving
- Satoshi
- Mainnet
- Testnet
- Validator
- 51% Attack
- Double Spend
- Immutability
- Sidechain
- Rollup
- Automated Market Maker (AMM)
- Total Value Locked (TVL)
- APY (Annual Percentage Yield)
- APR (Annual Percentage Rate)
- Collateral
- Over-Collateralization
- Flash Loan
- Lending Protocol
- Liquid Staking
- Restaking
- Oracle
- Wrapped Token
- MEV (Maximal Extractable Value)
- Sandwich Attack
- Leverage
- Margin
- Initial Margin
- Maintenance Margin
- Liquidation
- Cross Margin
- Isolated Margin
- Perpetual Futures
- Funding Rate
- Open Interest
- Settlement
- Spot Market
- Futures Market
- Stop-Loss Order
- Take-Profit Order
- Stop-Limit Order
- Trailing Stop
- Iceberg Order
- Post-Only Order
- Fill or Kill (FOK)
- Good Till Cancelled (GTC)
- OCO (One Cancels the Other)
- Market Maker
- Market Taker
- Liquidity Provider
- Order Flow
- Bid-Ask Spread
- Slippage
- Depth of Market
- Dark Pool
- Technical Analysis
- Support
- Resistance
- Trend
- Range-Bound Market
- Breakout
- Pullback
- Divergence
- Timeframe
- Candlestick
- Head and Shoulders
- Inverse Head and Shoulders
- Double Top
- Double Bottom
- Ascending Triangle
- Descending Triangle
- Bull Flag
- Bear Flag
- Cup and Handle
- Rising Wedge
- Falling Wedge
- RSI (Relative Strength Index)
- MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence)
- Moving Averages
- Volume
- VWAP (Volume-Weighted Average Price)
- Bollinger Bands
- Fibonacci Retracement
- Stochastic Oscillator
- Options
- Call Option
- Put Option
- Strike Price
- Expiration Date
- Implied Volatility
- Premium
- In the Money
- Out of the Money
- On-Chain Analysis
- Exchange Inflows
- Exchange Outflows
- Hash Rate
- Active Addresses
- MVRV Ratio
- NVT Ratio
- Emission Schedule
- Vesting
- Lock-Up Period
- Burn Mechanism
- Governance Token
- Inflation Rate
- Deflationary Token
- Fair Launch
- Leverage Cascade
- Flash Crash
- Market Manipulation
- Wash Trading
- Spoofing
- Counterparty Risk
- Smart Contract Risk
- Regulatory Risk
- Long
- Short
- Squeeze
- Front-Running
- Exit Liquidity
- Dead Cat Bounce
- Knife Catching
- Bags
- Paper Trading
- Whale Watching
- Alpha
- Capitulation
Educational only — not financial advice.