LP returns depend on fees versus divergence loss. Volatile pairs can underperform simply holding.

Fake handles that clone influencers or founders to push drainers or fake mints.

The annualized rate you earn or pay from a perp's funding, used to compare carry across venues.

The volatility priced into options. It is a market forecast, not a historical statistic.

Redeeming ETF shares for the actual asset (BTC, ETH) rather than cash. U.S. crypto ETFs have mixed permissions here.

An Ethereum proof-of-stake recovery mechanism that increases penalties for inactive validators when the chain fails to finalize for an extended period.

Speculation around U.S. political calendars (elections, inaugurations) that spilled into memecoins and prediction markets in 2024 to 2025.

Pause guardians, war rooms, and user alerts planned before a hack, not during one.

Independent Reserve is a centralized exchange listed with country Australia.

Index Coop Defi Index is a market sector used to group crypto assets with similar use or design.

A composite of spot venues used as the reference for derivatives.

A service that reads chain logs and stores them in a queryable database so apps do not scan every block.

High transaction taxes and rules that chilled local volume and became a case study in policy chilling effects.

Indodax is a centralized cryptocurrency exchange established in 2014 and is registered in Indonesia

The pace at which new supply is issued, often quoted as an annual percentage of circulating supply.

Infrastructure is a market sector used to group crypto assets with similar use or design.

A major hosted Ethereum API provider owned by Consensys. Convenient and a centralization pressure point.

Wallets or chats believed to get calls before the public timeline.

Arbitrary data written into Bitcoin witness space and bound to a satoshi by Ordinals theory.

Fee spikes and cultural fights when Bitcoin users inscribed JPEGs and BRC-20s en masse.

Someone trading with non-public knowledge of a listing, unlock, or partnership.

A DeFi account and strategy layer, later the home of Fluid.

A venue pool that backstops bankrupt liquidations before ADL is used.

A signed goal (swap X for at least Y) that a solver fills, instead of the user picking every pool hop.

Signing what you want, not the path, and letting solvers compete to fill it.

The curve a lending market uses to set borrow and supply APYs from utilization.

The ability of chains and apps to pass assets and messages without a trusted spreadsheet in the middle.

A peer-to-peer protocol for finding and exchanging content-addressed data; a content identifier alone does not promise continued hosting.

The price or fact that proves your thesis wrong and forces an exit.

The directional risk a market maker takes while holding coins between hedges.

When a market maker shades quotes because they already hold too much of one side.

A derivative commonly quoted in fiat units whose margin and profit or loss are calculated in the underlying cryptocurrency using inverse-price arithmetic.

Invesco USTB is a RWA protocol active on Ethereum, Solana, Plume Mainnet. The Invesco Short Duration US Government Securities Fund (the Fund) offers Accredited Investors and Qualified Purchasers access to…

A U.S. law regulating investment companies, including many mutual funds and ETFs; U.S. spot Bitcoin and ether commodity-trust ETPs do not register under this Act.

A clear statement of why an asset should reprice, what would prove it wrong, and the time horizon.

Indication of interest. A non-binding hint of size used to find the other side without showing a firm order.

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, which writes the legal contracts behind most OTC derivatives.

BlackRock's ETF brand, including IBIT and other crypto-linked funds.

BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF, a primary vehicle for traditional allocator exposure.

A global standard for richer financial messages used by payments, securities, and FX. Several crypto networks market ISO 20022 compatibility for bank rails.

Messaging richness banks want. Crypto ledgers can carry memos, but legal interoperability is about gateways, not magic compatibility badges.

The international codes for currencies (USD, EUR, XAU). Crypto tickers are informal and are not ISO 4217 assignments.

Margin assigned to one position so a wipeout cannot drain the rest of the account.

The messaging standard many Travel Rule vendors use between VASPs.

The interVASP messaging standard that encodes originator and beneficiary data for the Travel Rule.