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Address
A place where crypto can be sent to and from, in the form of a string of letters and numbers.
All-Time-High (ATH)
The highest point (in price, in market capitalization) that a crypto has been in history.
Digital Asset Ecosystem
Digital asset ecosystem is a term that defines everything involved in the crypto space. From NFTs to futures, this terms sums up all the facilities offered and elements associated with the crypto.
Bitcoin ATM (BTM)
An automated teller machine (ATM or cashpoint) that allows the user to buy and sell Bitcoin.
CeDeFi
CeDeFi, or centralized decentralized finance, combines traditional centralized financial services with decentralized applications, merging conventional regulatory policies with modern financial systems.
Ether
The form of payment used in the operation of the distribution application platform, Ethereum.
Gas
A term used on the Ethereum platform that refers to a unit of measuring the computational effort of conducting transactions or smart contracts, or launch DApps in the Ethereum network.
Initial Coin Offering (ICO)
Short for Initial Coin Offering, an ICO is a type of crowdfunding, or crowdsale, using crypto as a means of raising capital for early-stage companies.
Ledger
A record of financial transactions that cannot be changed, only appended with new transactions.
Hardware wallet
A hardware wallet is a wallet for crypto that usually resemble a USB stick.
Know Your Customer (KYC)
Short for Know Your Customer, these are checks that crypto exchanges and trading platforms must complete to verify the identity of their customers.
Liquidity
How easily a crypto can be bought and sold without impacting the overall market price.
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Coins to Watch
Bitcoin is a digital form of cash that was invented in 2009 by a person (or group of people) called Satoshi Nakamoto. The fiat currency is prone to inflation, not private, seperated into 180 diferent currencies, hard to divide into smaller fragments, vulnerable to rising transaction fees and much more.Read More..
Ethereum is a public, open-source, Blockchain-based peer to peer networking software with a builtin programming language that allows developers to build an deploy decentralized applications using smart contracts.Read More..
Trying to avoid the volatile market? It's time that you buy tether if you want time to transfer and trade value denominated in fiat without having to bear the everchanging conversions.Read More..
Cardano was developed by the co-founder of Ethereum blockchain, Charles Hoskinson, who realised the challenges faced by Ethereum. Cardano is a decentralized third-generation proof-of-stake (PoW) blockchain plaform and home to the ADA cryptocurrency.Read More..
Solana (SOL) is the eighth largest cryptocurrency according to market capitalization. Solana is high functioning blockchain technology that provides decentralized finance (DeFi) solutions.Read More..
Polygon (formerly known as Matic Network) is a Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development. Polygon is also the only scaling solution that supports the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). Read More..
Terra is a blockchain protocol using fiat-pegged stablecoins to empower stable global payment systems. Terra is a unique combination of price stability and wide adoption of fiat currencies offering affordable and fast settlements. Read More..
Stack, which was previously known as Blockstack was initially launched in 2017. Users completely owned and control their personal data within the network. The network's applications that use the data are run locally on the user's browser.Read More..
Monero is an open-source, privacy-oriented cryptocurrency that was launched in 2014 with the simple goal of allowing transactions to be private and anonymous. Its blockchain is opaque, which helps in disguising the addresses used by participants.Read More..
Hosted on the Terra blockchain, Anchor Protocol is a lending and borrowing protocol. The architecture uses an over-collateralized architecture allowing users to borrow, lend as well as earn profits with the help of their digital assets.Read More..
Celer Network is a layer-2 scaling platform that brings fast, secure, and low-cost blockchain applications on Ethereum, Polkadot, and other blockchains to mass adoption.Read More..
ApeCoin is an ERC-20 governance and utility token of the Bored Ape Yacht Club or BAYC. Bored Ape Yacht Club is an NFT project of Yuga Labs with 10,000 unique bored ape artworks. Read More..
Mirror Protocol (MIR) is an Ethereum token that allows creators to issue synthetic assets, that help track prices of real-world assets. The project aims to enable 24/7 equities trading by minting “synthetic” versions of the real assets.Read More..
Celo is a global platform working towards including every smartphone user in the world within the crypto ecosystem. To state it more clearly, by using phone numbers as public keys, Read More..
Neo is a software network that strives to serve as a platform through which anyone can transact and create decentralized products and services; similar to a platform provided by Ethereum. Read More..