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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 testTerra's flagship yield product that paid high stable yields on UST deposits, accelerating the 2022 death spiral when confidence broke.
A federally chartered U.S. crypto bank and custodian.
A venture firm whose crypto funds back many Layer 1s, DeFi protocols, and consumer apps.
Anemoy Capital is a RWA protocol active on Ethereum, Base, Celo. Anemoy is a web3 native asset manager powered by Centrifuge, providing investors with exposure to a broad spectrum of superior assets
A decentralized and hosted node provider used for RPC and staking services.
Anonymous participant. Default identity on CT and Discord.
ZCAT is a Solana-based meme token launched through StonkFun with a built-in holder reward mechanism.
A personal code shown in legitimate exchange emails so fakes are easier to spot.
Anubis Bridged ETH (Anubis) (ETH) is a crypto asset primarily associated with anubis.
APEPE is A new meme that combines APE and PEPE to symbolize small investors.
Buying a token with little or no diligence because momentum or a call looks hot.
ApeCoin is an ERC-20 governance and utility token used to empower a decentralized community building at the forefront of web3.
An oracle project that first-party APIs sign data, reducing middleman feeds.
Apollo Global Management xStock (APOX) is a crypto asset primarily associated with arbitrum-one.
A blockchain dedicated to one application or ecosystem, trading shared liquidity for control.
Apple (Reality Protocol) (RAAPL) is a crypto asset primarily associated with arbitrum-one.
Prefer limited allowances and periodic revokes over infinite approvals to every new dapp.
Annual percentage rate. Simple yearly return without compounding.
A Move-language Layer 1 launched by former Diem engineers, aimed at high throughput and safety.
Apyx is the first Dividend-Backed Stablecoin protocol.
Annual percentage yield. Yearly return assuming rewards are compounded.
apyUSD is a yield-bearing vault token issued by the Apyx protocol on Ethereum.
Buying and selling the same risk in two venues to lock a price gap, which helps markets stay aligned.
An Ethereum scaling ecosystem whose Nitro software powers optimistic rollups, including Arbitrum One, with transaction execution off Ethereum and dispute resolution on the parent chain.
Arbitrum Bridge is a Canonical Bridge protocol active on Ethereum. The Arbitrum Bridge acts as a secure channel connecting Ethereum's mainnet (Layer-1) with the Arbitrum Rollup (Layer-2).
Archerswap BOW (BOW) is a crypto asset primarily associated with core.
Archly Finance (ARC) is a crypto asset primarily associated with arbitrum-one.
Cathie Wood's firm, partner on ARKB, a spot Bitcoin ETF.
Ark of Panda (AOP) is a crypto asset primarily associated with binance-smart-chain.
An intel platform that deanonymizes and labels on-chain entities for research and trading.
Arkreen Token (AKRE) is a crypto asset primarily associated with polygon-pos.
Armitage by Wintermute is a Risk Curators protocol active on Ethereum. Armitage is Wintermute's onchain vault curation arm, applying institutional-grade risk management and trading infrastructure to DeFi yield.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a market sector used to group crypto assets with similar use or design.
Artificial Inu (AI) is an ERC-20 community token launched through LONG on Robinhood Chain.
|The Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) Alliance is the world’s largest open-source initiative dedicated to decentralized Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).
A permanent storage network that charges an upfront endowment instead of ongoing rent.
The deterministic Solana account that holds a given mint for a wallet.
Aster is a next-generation decentralized perpetual exchange that combines non-custodial trading with advanced features like hidden orders and multi-chain support.
Aster Bridge is a Bridge protocol active on Binance, Ethereum, Arbitrum. Aster is a decentralized perpetual exchange built for everyone.
Aster USDF is a Basis Trading protocol active on Binance. USDF is a yield-bearing stablecoin issued by Aster, convertible with USDT at a 1:1 ratio.
Aster is a decentralized perpetual exchange built for everyone.
Key pairs where the public key verifies what only the private key can sign or decrypt.
Both legs of an exchange succeed or fail together, reducing Herstatt risk.
A hash-locked exchange that either completes both legs or neither, used across chains or pairs.
An Alternative Trading System, a U.S. SEC-registered venue that can match securities without being a full national exchange.
A validator vote that a block is valid and belongs on the canonical chain.
A time-boxed review of contract code. It reduces risk. It does not eliminate it.
AUSD, a digital dollar minted 1:1 with USD fiat.
The dealer allowed to create and redeem ETF shares, the arb that pins price to NAV.
A pool formula that prices trades from balances instead of a human order book. Constant-product is the classic form.
Automated Market Maker (AMM) is a market sector used to group crypto assets with similar use or design.
A modular DA project aimed at rollup and appchain data publishing.
A proof-of-stake platform with multiple subnets and an EVM-compatible C-Chain.
Build anything you want, any way you want on the lightning fast, scalable blockchain that won’t let you down.
Avalanche Core Bridge is a Canonical Bridge protocol active on Ethereum, Bitcoin. Native Bitcoin Bridge. ETH EVM support.
Avalon CeDeFi is a Anchor BTC protocol active on Ethereum. Powering ₿itcoin's On-Chain Capital Markets.
Avalon Superearn is a Yield protocol active on Ethereum. Earn yield with real-time APY.
Avant avUSD is a Basis Trading protocol active on Avalanche. Avant is a DeFi platform established in June 2024 with the mission to create a more inclusive financial system through a DeFi-powered…
Avant is a DeFi platform established in June 2024 with the mission to create a more inclusive financial system through a DeFi-powered stable-value token.
Avery Dennison xStock (AVYX) is a crypto asset primarily associated with arbitrum-one.
An Actively Validated Service on EigenLayer, a sidecar network that borrows Ethereum restaked security.
Extra slashing conditions an EigenLayer operator accepts when opting into an AVS.
STP (Becoming AWE Network) is opening the portal to Autonomous Worlds where AI Agents collaborate, adapt and evolve.
A proof-of-stake interoperability chain for general message passing.
Play-to-earn game whose scholarship economy boomed then busted; its Ronin bridge was later hacked.
Azbit (AZ) is a crypto asset primarily associated with binance-smart-chain.
B All In (BALLIN) is a crypto asset primarily associated with solana.
b14g is a modular dual-staking layer for Bitcoin that lets protocols secure their networks with both BTC and their native token—reducing…
B2 Buzz is a Canonical Bridge protocol active on Bitcoin. Launched by B² Network, B² Buzz is a staking event where a user can deposit major cryptocurrency assets from Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Chain…
Baby Cupsey (BABYCUPSEY) is a crypto asset primarily associated with solana.
Babylon Protocol is a Restaking protocol active on Bitcoin. Bitcoin holders can earn yields from their idle bitcoins in a secure way: no third-party trust, no bitcoin bridging to any other chain.
Back2EmploymentEducationTraining (BEET) is a crypto asset primarily associated with solana.
An issuer of tokenized traditional assets (including equities and ETFs) for crypto venues, subject to eligibility rules.
Next-level crypto wallet and exchange.
Placing a transaction immediately after another to capture leftover arb.
A buyer of last resort (auction, fund, or AMM) when collateral sales fail to cover debt.
When futures trade below spot. Short-dated contracts are richer to hold than far ones.
Debt that remains after collateral is sold, socialized onto a protocol, insurance fund, or other users.
badger badger badger (BADGER) is a crypto asset primarily associated with solana.
Your position in a token. Heavy bags means a large, often underwater, holding.
Someone still holding a large losing position after a collapse.
BAKSO (BAKSO) is a crypto asset primarily associated with solana.
An automated market maker protocol that separates shared token accounting from pool-specific pricing, including weighted pools with configurable asset proportions and other specialized pool designs.
A Telegram sniper and trading bot used across several EVM and Solana flows.
A Cosmos-based oracle network used by several non-EVM chains.
An international institution supporting central-bank cooperation, monetary and financial stability, research, and banking services for central banks.
A rush to redeem a stablecoin, ETF, or lending product faster than the issuer can sell reserves.
The U.S. anti-money-laundering statute that requires financial institutions, including many crypto platforms, to know customers and file reports.
A media and education brand focused on Ethereum and DeFi literacy.
Structuring so issuer bankruptcy does not automatically seize the underlying assets. Essential RWA due diligence.
Definitions offer a starting point. Detailed readings include the sources behind the explanation.