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LEO$8.99+0.26%From your first block to the finer details. Explore the ideas, people, and systems behind the market—one useful explanation at a time.
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Begin with Howey testBrett ETH (BRETT) is a crypto asset primarily associated with ethereum.
A payment to veToken voters to point gauges at a pool. Legal in many DeFi designs, still a conflict of interest.
A grouping of major emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, and newer members) that discusses trade, development banks, and alternatives to dollar rails.
A proposed cross-border payment framework among BRICS members, discussed as a complement to SWIFT rather than a live global rail.
A protocol that locks or burns an asset on one chain and mints or unlocks a representation on another.
Bridges add smart-contract and validator risk. Prefer native issuance or canonical bridges when possible.
Exploiting validators, contracts, or message verification on a cross-chain bridge. Historically the largest loss class.
The chance a cross-chain lock-and-mint system is hacked or halted, stranding or forging assets.
TUSD is the first digital asset with live on-chain attestations by independent third-party institutions and is backed 1:1 with the U.S.
Bridged WBTC (WBTC) is a crypto asset primarily associated with astar.
Bridged Wrapped stETH (Axelar) (AXL-WSTETH) is a crypto asset primarily associated with polygon-pos.
BRLA Digital BRLA (BRLA) is a stablecoin primarily associated with polygon-pos.
A U.S. firm licensed to effect securities transactions for customers or for its own account.
BtcTurk | Kripto is a centralized exchange listed with country Turkey.
BTSE is a centralized exchange listed with country Costa Rica.
The BTSE token powers the BTSE ecosystem and enhances your trading experience.
A public reward for reporting vulnerabilities before they are exploited.
Paid responsible disclosure for vulnerabilities, often via Immunefi in crypto.
BlackRock's USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund, a tokenized money-market product often cited in RWA adoption stories.
Community language encouraging people to build and improve crypto products, tools, and infrastructure; distinct from the BUIDL name used by a tokenized fund.
BUILDon (B) is a blockchain-based platform aimed at empowering users to create and manage decentralized applications easily.
Late-cycle psychology where risk feels free and leverage feels smart.
$BULLA contributes to the crypto industry by expanding adoption through culturally relevant and accessible entry points.
bullish (BULLISH) is a crypto asset primarily associated with solana.
Bullish (Dinari Tokenized Stock) (BLSH) is a crypto asset primarily associated with ethereum.
A multi-chain trading bot and terminal used for memecoin execution.
A private block package that lands launch buys and LP adds in a chosen order, often used at token genesis.
Tokens pre-allocated to sniper or insider wallets at launch so they can dump into retail FOMO.
An ERC-4337 node that packs user operations into a single transaction for the EntryPoint contract.
Bundles (BNDL) is a crypto asset primarily associated with solana.
A bridge pattern that destroys coins on the source and creates them on the destination so supply stays constant.
Liquidity-provider tokens sent to a dead address. Stronger than a timed lock, still check mint and tax functions.
Burning till 10M mc (BURN) is a crypto asset primarily associated with solana.
Buttcoin (BUTT) is a crypto asset primarily associated with solana.
Buzz Farming collaborates with well-known BTCFi projects such as Babylon, Lombard, and Bedrock, as well as prominent blockchains, offering…
A derivatives-heavy centralized exchange known for perpetual futures.
A major derivatives exchange used for perps and copy-trading style products.
Bybit EU is a centralized exchange listed with country Austria.
February 2025 theft of roughly $1.4B to $1.5B from Bybit cold-wallet operations, widely reported as the largest crypto heist to date and linked by investigators to North Korea.
Bybit Staked SOL (BBSOL) is a crypto asset primarily associated with solana.
BYDFi is a centralized exchange listed with country Canada.
Byte Exchange is a centralized exchange listed with country Estonia.
The compiled form of a contract that the virtual machine actually runs.
The ability of a network to keep a single honest history even if some nodes lie or go offline.
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