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Metrics & Analysis

On-Chain Analysis

Reading public blockchain data to infer market behaviour.

Also called on chain data, on-chain metrics

Metrics & Analysis

Open Interest

The total value of derivative contracts currently open.

Also called OI

Trading & Markets

Order Book

The live list of buy and sell orders waiting at each price level.

Also called orderbook, depth chart

Stablecoins & Payments

Peg

The fixed reference value a stablecoin aims to hold.

Also called depeg, pegged

Security & Custody

Privacy Coin

Cryptocurrencies that obscure sender, receiver or amount by default.

Also called privacy coins, Monero, mixer

Security & Custody

Private Key

The secret number that authorises spending from a crypto address.

Also called private keys, secret key

Mining & Consensus

Proof of Stake

A consensus rule where validators lock up coins as collateral instead of burning electricity.

Also called PoS, proof-of-stake

التمويل اللامركزي

Real-World Assets

Traditional assets such as bonds or property represented as blockchain tokens.

Also called RWA, tokenisation, tokenization

Trading & Markets

Resistance Level

A price area where selling has repeatedly capped advances.

Also called resistance

Trading & Markets

Risk Management

Controlling how much any single trade can cost you.

Also called position sizing

Blockchain Technology

Scalability

How much transaction volume a network can handle without fees or delays exploding.

Also called scaling, throughput, TPS

Security & Custody

Self-Custody

Holding your own keys rather than trusting a platform to hold them.

Also called non-custodial, not your keys

Blockchain Technology

Smart Contract

Self-executing code deployed on a blockchain that runs exactly as written.

Also called smart contracts

Regulation & Tax

Spot ETF

A fund holding actual crypto that trades as a share on a stock exchange.

Also called exchange-traded fund, bitcoin ETF

Stablecoins & Payments

Stablecoin

A token designed to hold a steady value, usually one US dollar.

Also called stablecoins, USDT, USDC

Mining & Consensus

التخزين

Locking tokens to help secure a proof-of-stake network in return for yield.

Also called stake, staked

Trading & Markets

Support Level

A price area where buying has repeatedly halted declines.

Also called support

Blockchain Technology

Testnet

A parallel network with worthless tokens used to trial code before launch.

Also called test network, mainnet

Security & Custody

Token Approval

Permission granted to a contract to spend tokens from your wallet.

Also called approvals, unlimited approval, revoke

Metrics & Analysis

Token Burn

Permanently removing tokens from supply by sending them to an unspendable address.

Also called burned, burning, burn address

Metrics & Analysis

Token Inflation

The rate at which new tokens are added to circulating supply.

Also called emission rate, issuance

Metrics & Analysis

Trading Volume

The total value traded over a set period, usually 24 hours.

Also called 24h volume, volume

NFTs & Web3

Treasury

The pool of assets a protocol or DAO controls and spends.

Also called protocol treasury, DAO treasury

التمويل اللامركزي

TVL

The total value of assets deposited in a protocol or across a chain.

Also called total value locked

Mining & Consensus

Validator

A proof-of-stake participant that proposes and attests to blocks using bonded collateral.

Also called validators

Metrics & Analysis

Volatility

How sharply and how often a price moves over a given period.

Also called volatile, implied volatility

Security & Custody

Wallet

Software or hardware that stores keys and signs transactions.

Also called crypto wallet, hot wallet

Metrics & Analysis

Whale

A holder large enough to move the market with a single trade.

Also called whales, whale wallet

Blockchain Technology

Wrapped Token

A token on one chain that represents an asset held on another.

Also called wrapped bitcoin, WBTC, wrapped