A network specialized in data availability, such as Celestia.

An EU directive that extends tax-reporting rules to crypto-asset service providers.

A crypto-collateralized dollar stablecoin originally minted by Maker vaults, now part of the Sky/Maker family.

DANK DOGE (DANKDOGE) is a crypto asset primarily associated with ethereum.

DankDoge AI Agent (DANKDOGEAI) is a crypto asset primarily associated with binance-smart-chain.

Ethereum's roadmap for cheap blob space so rollups can post data without using expensive calldata.

A decentralized autonomous organization. On-chain votes steer a treasury and parameters, with very uneven real-world standing.

LLCs or foundations used to give DAOs a legal home for contracts and taxes.

A decentralized application whose backend logic runs in smart contracts and whose users keep their own keys.

A private venue where size can trade without showing the full order to the public book first.

SKY is a governance token, which is like a digital voting share, for Sky Protocol.

Dash (DASH) is digital cash designed to offer financial freedom to everyone.

The guarantee that transaction data was published so anyone can reconstruct state and challenge fraud.

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

Checking randomly selected pieces of encoded block data to gain confidence that enough data is available for reconstruction without downloading every piece.

Efforts by some states to invoice trade, hold reserves, or settle payments outside the U.S. dollar.

deBridge is a cross-chain interoperability and liquidity transfer protocol that allows the decentralized transfer of arbitrary data and assets between various blockchains

Decentraland (MANA) is a virtual reality platform built on the Ethereum blockchain, allowing users to create, experience, and monetize content and applications in a decentralized virtual environment.

A protocol that lets users trade tokens directly from wallets via smart contracts, typically using liquidity pools.

Decentralized Exchange (DEX) is a market sector used to group crypto assets with similar use or design.

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is a market sector used to group crypto assets with similar use or design.

Networks that pay independent operators to store files, as Filecoin and Arweave do.

Decred aims to build a community-directed digital currency whose security, adaptability, and sustainability make it a superior long-term store of value.

A crypto media brand covering Web3 culture and markets.

Decrypting (DCRYPT) is a crypto asset primarily associated with base.

Mobile links that open wallet sheets with malicious payloads.

Deepcoin is a centralized exchange listed with country Seychelles.

DeepNode (DN) is a crypto asset primarily associated with ethereum.

Multiple controls: audits, monitoring, limits, timelocks, and circuit breakers together.

Decentralized finance. Lending, trading, and derivatives run by contracts instead of a single broker.

A scoring project for process and documentation quality of protocols.

Defi Saver Asset Management is a CDP Manager protocol active on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism. DeFi Saver is a one-stop management solution for decentralized finance with advanced leverage management tools and unique automated…

The 2020 explosion of yield farming, AMMs, and governance tokens led by Compound, Uniswap, and Yearn.

The 2021 crest of total value locked across DeFi before rates, hacks, and the 2022 bust deflated deposits.

Defi.money (MONEY) is a stablecoin primarily associated with optimistic-ethereum.

The open TVL and DeFi analytics site most practitioners use as a first check.

A trading terminal and analytics product used for on-chain discovery and charts.

A trader who takes outsized risk for outsized upside, often skipping research. Used both as insult and badge.

DEL token is the ecosystem token for Delegate.fun, a platform to automate onchain tasks without coding.

Token holders elect a smaller set of block producers. Faster, more concentrated, easier to cartelise.

Deceiving a user into authorizing account delegation to code that can exercise unintended control over the account.

An institutional crypto research firm covering markets and protocols.

An option's sensitivity to a $1 move in the underlying. Market makers hedge delta by trading spot or futures.

Delta Air Lines rStock (RDAL) is a crypto asset primarily associated with arbitrum-one.

The 2024 Ethereum upgrade that enabled blob data (EIP-4844) and cheapened rollup posting.

When a stablecoin trades away from its target. Recovery depends on reserves, redemptions, and confidence.

Decentralized physical infrastructure networks that reward real-world hardware like wireless or GPUs.

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

How much size sits at each price level. Deep books tolerate larger market orders.

Deribit is a CEX protocol active on Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana. World's biggest Bitcoin and Ethereum Options Exchange and the most advanced crypto derivatives trading platform with up to 50x leverage on…

Deribit Spot is a centralized exchange listed with country Panama.

The BIP-44-style path (m/44'/60'/0'/0/0) that turns a seed into a specific coin address.

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

Derive is a decentralized protocol that creates programmable onchain options, perpetuals, and structured products.

Derive V2 is a Derivatives protocol active on Hyperliquid L1, Base, Ethereum. Trade options, perps and spot on the most powerful self-custodial exchange.

The deployer or team address that can mint, pause, or dump. Always check before buying a fresh token.

Using a dedicated machine or phone for signing and a different one for browsing CT.

A more disposable developer network than testnet, often reset without notice.

Dexlab [Old] (DXL) is a crypto asset primarily associated with solana.

A multi-chain DEX charting and discovery site used heavily in trench trading.

DFDV Staked SOL (DFDVSOL) is a crypto asset primarily associated with solana.

DGrid AI is a decentralized AI infrastructure network that connects users, developers, model providers, and node operators through a unified gateway, marketplace, and scheduling layer.

A slang label for holding through severe drawdowns.

A decentralized identifier, a W3C-style id that can resolve to keys without a central registry.

The rebranded Libra project under the Diem Association. Wound down after failing to win U.S. regulatory clearance; talent later seeded Aptos and related efforts.

The Geneva-based consortium that was meant to govern the Diem network independent of Meta.

How hard it is to find a valid proof-of-work hash. Networks raise it when blocks arrive too fast.

The rule that retunes mining difficulty so average block time stays near target.

DigiFinex is a centralized exchange listed with country Seychelles.

DigiFT is the first regulated exchange for on-chain real-world assets, approved as a Recognised Market Operator with a Capital Markets…

Enterprise DLT company known for Daml smart contracts and Canton Network work with banks and FMIs.

H.R.3633 in the 119th U.S. Congress, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025: a House-origin proposal addressing digital-asset market structure and regulatory responsibilities.

The narrative that Bitcoin is a scarce reserve asset rather than a payments coin.

The Bank of Russia's central-bank digital currency, with broader public availability through participating banks announced for September 1, 2026.

A proof, created with a private key, that a specific message was authorized by the key holder.

China's retail CBDC issued by the People's Bank of China, used for domestic payments and pilots.

Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) is a market sector used to group crypto assets with similar use or design.

Direxion Daily TSLA Bear 1X ETF (SHIFT Series Token) (TSL1S) is a crypto asset.

DISCLOSURE (DISCLOSURE) is a crypto asset primarily associated with solana.

Coordinated spam or hype flooding a project's server.

When a derivative, wrapper, or fund trades below its reference value.

A shared database replicated across many machines, of which a blockchain is one design.

Distributed ledger technology. The broader category that includes blockchains and other shared ledgers.

Japanese exchange loss of thousands of BTC in 2024, among the year's largest CEX thefts before Bybit.

DMT-NAT (NAT) is a crypto asset primarily associated with ethereum.

Terraform Labs co-founder, central figure of the LUNA/UST collapse and later legal pursuit.

Dog (Bitcoin) is a fully decentralized memecoin on the Bitcoin blockchain, backed by a community dedicated to onboarding millions of people to Bitcoin.

dog with apple in mouth (APPLE) is a crypto asset primarily associated with solana.

Dog-Themed is a market sector used to group crypto assets with similar use or design.

The original memecoin, a Litecoin/Bitcoin-family proof-of-work coin that became a cultural and payments token.