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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 testAdmin keys and security councils that can override a young rollup. Honest docs list them.
A signed instruction to move value or call a contract. Identified by a transaction hash or txid.
An account's transaction sequence number, used on Ethereum to order outgoing transactions and prevent the same signed transaction from executing repeatedly.
Wallet previews that estimate asset changes before you sign. Helpful, not perfect.
The recordkeeper of who legally owns fund or security shares when those shares are also represented on-chain.
Additional behavior and dependencies introduced when a token calls custom logic as part of a transfer.
The EU rule that applies the Travel Rule to crypto transfers, alongside MiCA.
Transfidelity (FIDEL) is a crypto asset primarily associated with base.
The requirement that virtual-asset service providers pass originator and beneficiary information with transfers above a threshold.
VASPs exchange originator and beneficiary data when moving customer crypto above thresholds.
The amount above which originator and beneficiary data must travel with a crypto transfer, often EUR 1,000 or USD 3,000 by regime.
Tokens and stables held by a protocol or DAO to fund development, incentives, or runway.
Trenches Game (TRENCH) is a crypto asset primarily associated with solana.
One of the first hardware wallets, built by SatoshiLabs.
Desktop and web companion for Trezor hardware wallets.
A structure where a custodian holds assets for both a client and a lender or venue under a control agreement.
Trip.com rStock (RTCOM) is a crypto asset primarily associated with arbitrum-one.
An on-chain risk and investigations platform for institutions and agencies.
A Telegram trading bot popular for Solana snipes and quick swaps.
A high-throughput chain widely used for USDT transfers, especially in emerging-market payments.
TrueUSD (TUSD) is a stablecoin pegged to the US Dollar, designed to provide a secure and transparent way to transact on the blockchain.
The Official Trump Solana memecoin launched mid-January 2025. Price spiked into the tens of billions FDV lore then crashed; trading fees accrued to affiliated entities while many late buyers lost money.
Trump-Affiliated is a market sector used to group crypto assets with similar use or design.
Trumpius Maximus (TRUMPIUS) is a crypto asset primarily associated with ethereum.
Trust Wallet Token (TWT) 511 is a utility token that can only be used within the app.
A ceremony that creates parameters for some SNARKs. If every participant deletes their secret, the system stays sound.
TruthAiSwarm (TRUTHAI) is a crypto asset primarily associated with solana.
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Time-weighted average price. An execution style that slices an order across time to reduce impact.
A time-weighted on-chain price that is harder to shove with one block, still gameable over longer windows.
Live audio rooms where narratives and defense of bags happen in real time.
A second step beyond the password. App or hardware keys beat SMS for exchange security.
A bridge design that locks coins on a parent chain and unlocks them later when a proof is shown.
The hash that uniquely identifies a transaction on a given chain.
Tydro is a non-custodial lending protocol for onchain capital markets.
TypeAI (TYPE) is a crypto asset primarily associated with ethereum.
Definitions offer a starting point. Detailed readings include the sources behind the explanation.