Actively Validated Services (AVS)

The 24H Volume represents the total value of a cryptocurrency traded within 24 hours, indicating its market activity, liquidity, and overall investor interest.

A 51% attack occurs when a single person or group controls over half of the network's computing power or mining hash rate.

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is a secure symmetric encryption algorithm used worldwide to protect sensitive data in finance, government, and blockchain systems.

A crypto airdrop is the free distribution of tokens by a blockchain project to promote adoption, reward its community, or incentivize engagement, without requiring a purchase or mining.

An All-Time High (ATH) is the highest price ever reached by a cryptocurrency, reflecting peak market demand and strong investor sentiment.

An All-Time Low (ATL) is the lowest price a cryptocurrency has ever reached, reflecting weak market demand, bearish sentiment, or external pressures.

Allocation refers to the distribution of crypto assets within a portfolio or project, ensuring risk management, strategic growth, and financial stability.

An altcoin is any cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin, offering unique features like smart contracts, enhanced scalability, or specialized use cases.

Apeing is the impulsive investment in a cryptocurrency or NFT without research, often driven by hype, FOMO, or social media influence.

An ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) is a specialized hardware device designed for efficient cryptocurrency mining, outperforming CPUs and GPUs in processing power.

Arbitrage is a trading strategy that profits from price differences of the same cryptocurrency across different exchanges or markets.

ASIC-resistant refers to mining algorithms designed to prevent ASIC dominance, ensuring fairer cryptocurrency mining by favoring CPU and GPU participation.

An atomic swap is a smart contract-based process that allows users to exchange cryptocurrencies across different blockchains without intermediaries.

An Automated Market Maker (AMM) is a decentralized protocol that enables crypto trading using liquidity pools instead of traditional order books.

The Average Price (7D) is the average closing price of a cryptocurrency over the past seven days, helping smooth volatility and identify short-term market trends.

A bag holder is an investor who holds a cryptocurrency despite a significant price drop, often due to hope, stubbornness, or poor risk management.

The Beacon Chain is Ethereum’s Proof-of-Stake backbone, managing validators, staking, and consensus, enabling a secure, scalable, and energy-efficient blockchain after The Merge.

A bear market is a prolonged period of declining crypto prices, characterized by negative sentiment, reduced investor confidence, and lower trading activity.

A bear trap is a false bearish signal where prices briefly break support, luring traders into short positions before quickly reversing upward.

BEP-20 is the token standard on BNB Smart Chain, enabling the creation and transfer of fungible tokens for DeFi, gaming, and dApps.

BEP-95 is a real-time burn mechanism on Binance Smart Chain, reducing BNB supply by burning a portion of transaction fees to enhance its scarcity.

BEP-721 is a token standard on BNB Smart Chain, enabling the creation of unique, indivisible NFTs used for digital art, gaming, and asset tokenization.

BEP-1155 is a multi-token standard on BNB Smart Chain, allowing fungible and non-fungible tokens within a single contract, optimizing efficiency and reducing gas fees.

The Binance Ecosystem Fund (BEF) is a venture fund supporting blockchain startups through investments, mentorship, and integration into Binance’s ecosystem.

Bitcoin Core is the official Bitcoin software, acting as a full node and wallet, ensuring transaction validation, network security, and decentralization.

Bitcoin dominance measures Bitcoin's market capitalization relative to the total crypto market, indicating investor sentiment, market trends, and capital flow.

A Bitcoin ETF is a regulated investment vehicle that tracks Bitcoin’s price, allowing investors to gain exposure without directly holding the cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin halving is a scheduled event that reduces mining rewards by 50% every four years, limiting Bitcoin supply and influencing its price dynamics.

A Bitcoin Maximalist believes Bitcoin is the only legitimate cryptocurrency, rejecting altcoins as unnecessary and advocating for Bitcoin’s dominance in digital finance.

Bitcoin Pizza Day, celebrated on May 22, marks the first real-world Bitcoin transaction, when 10,000 BTC were spent on two pizzas in 2010.

A Black Swan Event is an unpredictable, high-impact occurrence that disrupts financial markets, including crypto, causing extreme volatility and lasting consequences.

A block is a unit of data in a blockchain that stores verified transactions, ensuring security, transparency, and decentralization in digital ledgers.

A Block Explorer is an online tool that allows users to track blockchain transactions, verify wallet balances, and analyze blocks in real time.

Block height is the number of blocks in a blockchain since its creation, representing its growth, transaction order, and network security.

A block producer validates transactions and creates new blocks in PoS and DPoS blockchains, ensuring security, consensus, and efficient network operation.

A block reward is the incentive given to miners or validators for successfully adding a new block to a blockchain, usually in the form of cryptocurrency

Blockchain is a decentralized digital ledger that records transactions securely and transparently, ensuring data integrity without the need for intermediaries

A blockchain oracle connects smart contracts to off-chain data sources, enabling them to interact with real-world events securely

The Blockchain Trilemma refers to the challenge of balancing security, scalability, and decentralization, where optimizing two often weakens the third

A Blue-Chip Token is a well-established cryptocurrency with high market capitalization, strong adoption, and long-term stability.

BRC-20 is an experimental token standard enabling fungible tokens on Bitcoin via Ordinals, without smart contracts or protocol changes.

A bridge is a blockchain protocol that enables the transfer of assets or data between different networks, ensuring interoperability.

A BTC wallet address is a unique identifier that allows users to send and receive Bitcoin securely on the blockchain

A crypto bull market is a period of rising cryptocurrency prices, driven by strong demand, investor confidence, and market optimism.

A bull trap is a false breakout where prices briefly rise, luring traders to buy before sharply reversing downward.

A burner wallet is a temporary crypto wallet for quick transactions, enhancing privacy and security before being discarded.

A Centralized Exchange (CEX) is a platform that facilitates crypto trading through an intermediary, offering liquidity, security, and fiat integration.

Circulating supply is the number of cryptocurrency coins actively available in the market, excluding locked or reserved tokens.

Cold storage is an offline method of storing cryptocurrencies, keeping private keys secure from cyber threats using hardware wallets, paper wallets, or air-gapped devices

A cold wallet is an offline cryptocurrency storage solution that keeps private keys disconnected from the internet, protecting assets from hacking, phishing, and cyber threats.

In crypto, collateral is an asset pledged to secure loans or financial contracts, ensuring repayment and reducing risk in DeFi lending and trading platforms.

A consensus algorithm in crypto ensures network participants agree on transaction validity, securing blockchain integrity without central authority, using methods like PoW, PoS, and PBFT.

A consensus blockchain is a decentralized system where network participants agree on data validity using consensus algorithms, ensuring trust without a central authority.

Cross-chain technology enables seamless interoperability between different blockchains, allowing assets, data, and smart contracts to move across networks without centralized intermediaries.

A cross-chain bridge enables the transfer of assets and data between different blockchain networks by locking tokens on one chain and minting equivalents on another.

A crypto debit card allows users to spend cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum by converting them into fiat currency at the point of sale.

A crypto faucet is a website or app that gives out small amounts of free cryptocurrency in exchange for completing simple tasks or captchas.

The Crypto Fear and Greed Index measures market sentiment, analyzing volatility, momentum, trends, and social data to indicate potential buying or selling opportunities.

A crypto protocol is a set of rules governing blockchain operations, ensuring transaction validation, security, and interoperability in decentralized networks.

A crypto wallet is a digital tool that securely stores, sends, and receives cryptocurrencies using private keys for secure transactions.

A crypto winter is a prolonged market downturn with falling prices, reduced trading activity, and low investor confidence, often lasting months or years.

A cryptocurrency is a digital asset secured by cryptography, enabling decentralized transactions without intermediaries, stored on blockchain networks.

A cryptocurrency exchange is an online platform where users can buy, sell, and trade digital assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum securely.

A cryptographic hash function is an algorithm that converts input data into a fixed-length hash, ensuring security, data integrity, and authentication in cryptographic applications.

A cryptographic key is a string of characters used in encryption and decryption to secure digital communication and protect sensitive data from unauthorized access.

Cryptography secures data through encryption, hashing, and digital signatures, ensuring confidentiality, authentication, and integrity in digital communication and transactions.

CryptoPunks are a collection of 10,000 unique pixel-art NFTs on Ethereum, known for their rarity, historical significance, and influence on the NFT market.

A custodial wallet is a crypto wallet where a third-party provider holds private keys, managing security and transactions on behalf of users.

A cypherpunk is an advocate for privacy, encryption, and decentralization, using cryptographic tools to resist surveillance and protect digital freedom.

dApps are blockchain-based applications that run without central control, ensuring security, transparency, and censorship resistance through smart contracts.

A Decentralized Autonomous Cooperative (DAC) is a blockchain-based organization where members collectively manage decisions and resources through smart contracts, ensuring transparency, automation, and shared governance.

A DAO is a blockchain-based organization governed by smart contracts and community voting, eliminating centralized control and ensuring transparency.

A decentralized exchange (DEX) is a blockchain-based platform that enables peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading without intermediaries, ensuring security, transparency, and user control over assets.

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is a blockchain-based system enabling financial services like lending, trading, and savings without intermediaries, ensuring transparency, security, and global accessibility.

Decentralized indexes track multiple crypto assets using blockchain technology, offering transparent, automated, and diversified investment exposure without relying on centralized financial institutions or intermediaries.

A degen is a high-risk crypto trader who invests in speculative assets, often without deep research, chasing massive gains while embracing volatility and uncertainty.

Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) is a blockchain consensus mechanism where token holders vote for delegates to validate transactions, ensuring efficiency, scalability, and decentralization.

Depeg occurs when a stablecoin loses its fixed value against a fiat currency, causing price fluctuations and instability in the market.

A DEX aggregator scans multiple decentralized exchanges to find the best prices and lowest fees, optimizing crypto trades efficiently.

Diamond hands refers to an investor who holds onto assets despite market volatility, showing resilience and long-term confidence.

A dip is a temporary price drop in an asset, often seen as a buying opportunity before potential recovery.

Do Your Own Research (DYOR) encourages investors to analyze projects, verify sources, and make informed decisions rather than relying on external opinions.

Double spending occurs when the same digital currency is used in multiple transactions, exploiting system flaws or delays

A dump is a rapid sell-off of assets, causing prices to drop sharply. Often linked to market panic or manipulation, it creates volatility.

EIP-3074 enhances Ethereum transactions by allowing wallets to delegate actions to an invoker, enabling gasless transactions and improving user experience.

EIP-4844, or Proto-Danksharding, introduces temporary data blobs to Ethereum, reducing transaction costs and improving scalability for Layer 2 solutions.

EIP-7251 proposes increasing the validator stake limit on Ethereum, enhancing network security, decentralization, and staking efficiency.

EIP-7702 introduces a new way for Ethereum accounts to temporarily act as smart contracts, enhancing flexibility and security.

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) is a global group of companies collaborating to develop Ethereum-based business solutions.

An ERC (Ethereum Request for Comments) is a set of technical standards that define how Ethereum tokens and smart contracts function.

ERC-20 is the standard for fungible tokens on Ethereum, ensuring compatibility for seamless transfers, smart contracts, and decentralized applications.

ERC-223 improves ERC-20 by preventing token loss in smart contracts, reducing transaction costs, and enhancing security for Ethereum-based assets.

ERC-404 is an experimental Ethereum token standard combining ERC-20 and ERC-721, enabling fractional ownership and hybrid assets within a single contract.

ERC-721 is a token standard on Ethereum for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), enabling unique digital assets like art, collectibles, and virtual real estate.

ERC-777 is an advanced Ethereum token standard improving ERC-20 with enhanced security, flexible token transfers, and better interoperability for smart contracts and decentralized applications.

ERC-827 is an Ethereum token standard that extends ERC-20, allowing tokens to transfer value and data simultaneously, enabling more flexible and interactive smart contract functionality.

ERC-884 is an Ethereum token standard designed for issuing digital shares of Delaware corporations, ensuring compliance with shareholder regulations and enabling secure, transparent stock ownership on blockchain.

ERC-948 is an Ethereum token standard designed for subscription-based payments, enabling automated recurring transactions through smart contracts while ensuring transparency, security, and user control.

ERC-1155 is a multi-token standard on Ethereum that allows a single contract to manage fungible and non-fungible tokens efficiently.

An Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) is a formal suggestion for upgrading Ethereum’s protocol, standards, or processes, shaping the network’s future through community-driven development.

The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) is a decentralized runtime environment that executes smart contracts and powers decentralized applications on the Ethereum blockchain.

Exit liquidity is when your purchase allows someone else to sell at a profit—usually during a price drop or market manipulation.

An exit strategy is a plan for when and how to sell your investment to secure profits or limit losses.

Fan tokens are digital assets that let supporters engage with their favorite sports teams through voting, rewards, and exclusive content.

Fully Diluted Valuation (FDV) is the projected market cap of a crypto project if all its tokens were in circulation at current prices.

Fiat refers to traditional government-issued currencies like the US dollar or euro, used to buy, sell, or cash out digital assets.

In crypto, a fork is a change to a blockchain’s rules, creating a new version of the network or a separate cryptocurrency.

In crypto slang, a fren is a friendly community member or fellow investor who supports a project or shares your belief in it.

Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) is the spread of negative information to influence perception and cause panic in financial markets.

In crypto, a fungible asset is interchangeable with another of equal value—like Bitcoin or ETH—where each unit holds identical worth and utility.

GameFi blends gaming and decentralized finance (DeFi), letting players earn crypto or NFTs through gameplay, missions, or trading in-game assets.

Gas is the fee users pay to perform transactions or execute smart contracts on the Ethereum network. It’s paid in ETH.

Gas limit is the maximum amount of gas you're willing to spend for a transaction on Ethereum. It controls cost and execution.

The genesis block is the very first block of a blockchain. It starts the entire chain and has no predecessor.

A governance token gives holders voting power to influence decisions, upgrades, or policies within a decentralized project or protocol.

Gwei is a small unit of Ether used to measure Ethereum gas fees. 1 ETH equals 1 billion Gwei—used for transaction costs.

A hardware wallet is a physical device that securely stores your cryptocurrency offline, protecting it from hacks and online threats.

A hash is a fixed-length string generated from data using a cryptographic algorithm—used to verify, secure, and link blockchain data.

An HTLC is a smart contract that ensures conditional payments using a hash and a time limit—enabling secure cross-chain or off-chain swaps.

Hashrate measures the speed at which a miner or network performs cryptographic calculations to validate blockchain transactions.

HODL means holding your crypto instead of selling during market dips. It reflects a long-term strategy and belief in future price growth.

In crypto, a honeypot is a scam that tricks users into depositing funds they can’t withdraw, often via fake smart contracts or apps.

A hot wallet is a crypto wallet connected to the internet, allowing fast access and real-time transactions with your digital assets.

An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is a fundraising method where blockchain projects sell tokens to investors in exchange for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ethereum.

An Initial DEX Offering (IDO) is a decentralized way for crypto projects to raise funds by launching tokens directly on a decentralized exchange (DEX).

An Initial Exchange Offering (IEO) is a token sale managed by a centralized crypto exchange on behalf of a blockchain project to raise funds securely.

Know Your Customer (KYC) is the process of verifying user identities in crypto to prevent fraud, money laundering, and ensure regulatory compliance.

Market capitalization is the total value of a cryptocurrency, calculated by multiplying its current price by the number of coins in circulation.