Turning the page.
Bringing the next chapter into view…
From your first block to the finer details. Explore the ideas, people, and systems behind the market—one useful explanation at a time.
Follow a transaction from a key to a shared ledger.
Begin with BlockchainExplore contracts, liquidity, borrowing and the risks between them.
Begin with Smart contractUnderstand what a price, valuation or sentiment indicator can tell you.
Begin with Market capitalizationLearn custody, permissions and how to assess what you sign.
Begin with Hardware walletConnect the original ideas to the incidents that changed the industry.
Begin with A Cypherpunk's ManifestoSeparate technical standards, issuer claims and legal frameworks.
Begin with Howey testThe group of large economies that sets high-level financial-stability and FATF-aligned crypto agendas.
GALA is designed to power the Gala Games ecosystem to support gaming re-imagined to benefit creators and players, alike.
GalaConnect Bridged WBTC (GalaChain) (GWBTC) is a crypto asset primarily associated with galachain.
A crypto merchant bank and asset manager founded by Mike Novogratz.
Galaxy USDC Quality (Base) (BASEETH:GUSDCQ) is a crypto asset primarily associated with base.
Gambling (GambleFi) is a market sector used to group crypto assets with similar use or design.
Gaming (GameFi) is a market sector used to group crypto assets with similar use or design.
How fast delta changes. High gamma near expiry can force dealers to buy rips and sell dips, or the reverse.
Garmin Ltd. rStock (RGRMN) is a crypto asset primarily associated with arbitrum-one.
The unit of computational work on Ethereum-style chains. Every opcode costs gas, paid in the network fee token.
You pay for computation. Busy networks raise fees. Wrong chain or token approvals waste money.
The maximum gas a transaction or block may consume. A low limit can cause a transaction to fail mid-execution.
The amount paid per unit of gas, usually quoted in gwei; effective fees and inclusion depend on the network's fee rules and transaction conditions.
Gate is a CEX protocol active on Ethereum, Bitcoin, Binance. Established in 2013, Gate is a cryptocurrency exchange serving over 58 million+ global users.
Established in 2013, Gate is a cryptocurrency exchange serving over 58 million+ global users.
A voting target that directs emissions to a specific pool.
Gauntlet is a Risk Curators protocol active on Base, Binance, Ethereum. Our vaults provide risk-adjusted DeFi yields for institutional capital at scale.
Ethereum co-founder later behind Polkadot and the Solidity language's early work.
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust traded at premiums then deep discounts to NAV until ETF conversion paths opened.
GDOG (GDOG) is a crypto asset primarily associated with solana.
The EU data-protection law. On-chain permanence collides with erasure rights, a standing compliance tension.
CoinGecko's DEX pair explorer for charts, liquidity, and new pools.
Slang for an early token the speaker believes is undervalued. Usually marketing.
An exchange and custodian founded by the Winklevoss twins, with a New York trust charter.
The Gemini dollar — the world’s first regulated stablecoin — combines the creditworthiness and price stability of the U.S.
Gemini's yield product that halted redemptions when Genesis froze, tying a branded exchange product to wholesale credit risk.
Gen Digital xStock (GENX) is a crypto asset primarily associated with arbitrum-one.
The launch parameters and first block of a chain or a token distribution.
The first block or agreed starting record of a blockchain, anchoring its initial history and state under that network's rules.
Digital Currency Group's lending arm that froze withdrawals in 2022 and entered restructuring after 3AC and related losses.
Genius Terminal is the first private and final onchain terminal.
The U.S. payment-stablecoin law enacted as Public Law 119-27 on July 18, 2025, establishing an issuer and supervisory framework with implementation provisions.
GENIUS Act Compliant Stablecoin is a market sector used to group crypto assets with similar use or design.
GENIUS AI (GNUS) is a crypto asset primarily associated with polygon-pos.
RTK (Real-Time Kinematics) enables a 100x improvement in position accuracy as compared to standalone GPS.
A log-average price used by Uniswap v3 oracles, more robust to a single-tick spike.
Aave's native overcollateralized dollar stablecoin.
Send coins to receive double. Always a scam.
A leading Bitcoin and crypto on-chain analytics platform used by funds and educators.
Global Dollar (USDG) is a single-currency stablecoin pegged to the US dollar.
Good morning. A culture greeting that doubled as engagement farming.
GMO Coin Japan is a centralized exchange listed with country Japan.
A decentralized perpetual-futures protocol that uses a shared liquidity pool instead of an order book.
GMX V2 Perps is a Derivatives protocol active on Arbitrum, Avalanche, MegaETH. GMX is a decentralized spot and perpetual exchange that supports low swap fees and zero price impact trades.
The team behind Safe, Gnosis Chain, and prediction-market roots of the Cosys stack.
GOAT Network (GOATED) is a crypto asset primarily associated with binance-smart-chain.
An AI-agent-linked Solana meme that popularized the Truth Terminal narrative.
A DeFi credit protocol aimed at real-world borrower pools with unique underwriting design.
The Golem Network fosters a global group of creators building ambitious software solutions that will shape the technological landscape of future generations by accessing computing resources across the platform.
GoMining helps people everywhere unlock Bitcoin’s full potential.
Gooby (GOOBY) is a crypto asset primarily associated with solana.
good morning (GM) is a crypto asset primarily associated with solana.
A security data API used by wallets and scanners for token risk hints.
Governance is a market sector used to group crypto assets with similar use or design.
Using borrowed or accumulated voting power to pass a malicious parameter or treasury drain.
Passing a malicious proposal, sometimes with flash-loaned votes, to drain a treasury.
A token that votes on protocol parameters, treasuries, or upgrades. Voting power is not the same as legal control.
GPT360 (G360) is a crypto asset.
When a bonding-curve token migrates liquidity to a full DEX pool.
Gram (prev. Toncoin) (GRAM) is a crypto asset primarily associated with ton.
GRASS is a cryptocurrency designed to facilitate environmentally sustainable projects and promote ecological awareness in the blockchain ecosystem.
Gravity (G) is a decentralized cryptocurrency designed to create a transparent and inclusive financial ecosystem by utilizing blockchain technology.
Operators who exploit then negotiate returns. Legal and ethical status is messy.
The issuer of GBTC and other crypto trusts, later converted in part to spot ETFs.
The pioneer BTC trust that later converted toward ETF structures after years of premium and discount drama.
Green Life Energy (GLE) is a crypto asset primarily associated with base.
$HOOD is a Robin Hood-themed meme coin with zero utility and zero pretense.
Grindr (Dinari Tokenized Stock) (GRND) is a crypto asset primarily associated with ethereum.
Grove Finance is a Onchain Capital Allocator protocol active on Ethereum, Base, Avalanche. Grove is a capital allocation protocol within the Sky (formerly MakerDAO) ecosystem, launched June 2025.
GroveX is a centralized exchange listed with country Australia.
GRX is the native utility and governance coin of GRX Chain, an EVM-compatible, Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) blockchain developed in the GroveX ecosystem.
GTBTC is a Restaked BTC protocol active on Bitcoin. Gate BTC Staking allows users to stake their BTC on the Gate platform in exchange for GTBTC (1:1 ratio), which accrues yield via Gate’s…
Gtech Coin (GTC) is a crypto asset primarily associated with binance-smart-chain.
GTF (GTF) is a crypto asset primarily associated with binance-smart-chain.
Guardant Health, Inc. rStock (RGH) is a crypto asset primarily associated with arbitrum-one.
An emergency key that can pause a protocol. Useful in hacks, also a trust assumption.
GUSD is a flexible, principal-protected investment product that distributes rewards daily.
Definitions offer a starting point. Detailed readings include the sources behind the explanation.