The leading Ethereum AMM. v2 popularized constant-product pools. v3 added concentrated liquidity. v4 adds hooks.

A v4 plugin that runs custom logic around a swap or LP action (oracles, dynamic fees, KYC).

The company that builds the Uniswap interface and related products, distinct from the DAO.

Uniswap V2 is a Dexs protocol active on Ethereum, Base, Polygon. A fully decentralized protocol for automated liquidity provision on Ethereum.

Uniswap V3 is a Dexs protocol active on Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum. A fully decentralized protocol for automated liquidity provision on Ethereum.

A version of the Uniswap automated market maker architecture built around a shared pool manager and optional hooks that customize pool behavior.

Pricing goods in an asset. Almost no economy prices in BTC; mostly USD and local fiat.

A token allowance large enough to let a designated spender move present and potentially future balances without asking for another allowance each time.

Upbit is a centralized exchange listed with country South Korea.

A pattern where logic can change via admin keys. Convenient and a central trust assumption.

India's Unified Payments Interface, a public instant-payment rail used at national scale.

Upshift opens access to transparent yields backed by secure risk controls.

USD AI is a RWA protocol active on Arbitrum. USD.AI is a yield-bearing synthetic dollar protocol backed by real-world infrastructure assets

Open interest quoted in dollars rather than contracts, so size is comparable across coins.

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

Dollar stablecoin settlement for B2B and internet commerce, often via Circle and banking partners.

Circle's USDC briefly lost its peg when reserves were tied up in Silicon Valley Bank's failure, then recovered after policy backstops.

The share of a lending pool that is borrowed. Rate models raise interest as utilization climbs.

An unspent transaction output. Bitcoin-style ledgers track coins as discrete outputs rather than account balances.

Venus Core Pool is a Lending protocol active on Binance, Ethereum, Arbitrum. A Decentralized Marketplace for Lenders and Borrowers with Borderless Stablecoins.

A signed claim (age, license, accreditation) that a wallet can present without handing over a photocopy.

Assuming a checkmark equals safety. Domains and contract addresses matter more.

A lockup calendar that releases tokens over time so insiders cannot dump the float on day one.

A vote-escrowed token. Locking it for time grants voting power over gauges and emissions, popularized by Curve.

A Base ecosystem for launching AI-agent tokens and related apps.

A card network experimenting with stablecoin settlement while remaining the main retail-payments rail.

Ethereum's co-founder and the public face of Ethereum research and roadmap communication.

How much price swings. Crypto volatility is typically far higher than large-cap equities.

The notional amount traded over a period. High volume supports a move. Thin volume can fake one.

Locking tokens for a chosen duration so voting power rises with time locked.

A U.S. crypto broker-lender that failed in the 2022 credit cascade.

Volume-weighted average price. A benchmark and an execution style that follows traded volume.