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.

dogwifhat (WIF) is a Solana-based memecoin featuring a Shiba Inu dog wearing a pink knitted hat that has become a central figure in the 2024-2026 market.

A Solana meme of a dog in a hat that became a top-tier meme ticker.

Dohrnii is a cryptocurrency education platform that provides structured courses on topics including blockchain technology, trading strategies, risk management, and decentralized finance (DeFi).

A candle whose open and close are nearly equal, often read as indecision.

Dojo (SN52) is a crypto asset primarily associated with bittensor.

Buying a fixed amount on a schedule so entry price averages across many days instead of one moment.

A next-gen money market and DeFi prime brokerage.

Binding a cryptographic message to a specific application, protocol, network, or purpose so that matching data is not confused across contexts.

One asset's share of total crypto market cap. Bitcoin dominance is the most watched figure.

Dominion Energy xStock (DX) is a crypto asset primarily associated with arbitrum-one.

DomRaider (DRT) is a crypto asset primarily associated with ethereum.

Doppler Finance (XDP) is a crypto asset.

The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act, which sets cyber and outsourcing rules for financial entities including many CASPs.

Attempting to spend the same coins in two conflicting transactions. Consensus exists to make this fail.

DoubleZero is a high-performance global network of independently contributed links, purpose-built for blockchain and other distributed systems.

Draggy CTO (DRAGGY) is a crypto asset primarily associated with ethereum.

The peak-to-trough decline of a price or portfolio, a core measure of pain and risk.

Drift Staked SOL (DSOL) is a crypto asset primarily associated with solana.

The Dai or Sky savings rate, a protocol yield paid to people who lock the stablecoin in a savings contract.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, the U.S. post-trade utility that clears and settles most American securities.

DuckDAO (DD) is a crypto asset primarily associated with ethereum.

DumbMoney (GME) is a crypto asset primarily associated with ethereum.

A community SQL analytics platform for blockchain dashboards.

Tiny deposits used to track wallets or poison address histories.

Delivery versus payment. Asset and cash move together, a goal for tokenized securities systems.

Delivery versus payment. Simultaneous exchange of securities and cash to cut settlement risk.

DxChain (DX) is a crypto asset primarily associated with ethereum.

A perpetual-futures DEX that moved from an Ethereum L2 to its own Cosmos-based chain.

dYdX is DeFi’s pro trading platform and a pioneer in decentralized finance, known for being the first to offer decentralized margin trading and derivatives, as well as inventing flash loans and DEX aggregators in 2018.

Do your own research. Still required even when a call looks clean.

The official name often used for the digital yuan wallet and payment system.

Bearer Chaumian mints for private small payments, often Lightning-connected. Mint trust is the tradeoff.

The cost to revert a block is so high that a rational attacker will not try.

A repeatable advantage in information, speed, or execution.

edgeX is a 24/7 decentralized trading layer for global assets, offering perpetuals across commodities, equities, and crypto, alongside spot markets.

Eduvantage AI (EAI) is a crypto asset primarily associated with solana.

What you actually paid versus mid, including impact, not just the quoted spread.

EigenCloud is a Restaking protocol active on Ethereum. Eigen Labs is an AI research lab building tools for human and agent coordination that preserve and maximize individual agency in the…

A data-availability service built on EigenLayer restaking.

The company contributing to EigenLayer restaking infrastructure.

A restaking protocol that lets participants allocate staked economic value to additional services, with service-specific operators, rewards, and slashing conditions beyond ordinary Ethereum validation.

Ethereum Improvement Proposal. The design-doc process for Ethereum core, networking, and standards (ERCs).

Ethereum's fee market: a burned base fee plus a tip. It made fees more predictable and added a burn.

Proto-danksharding. Added blob space so rollups can post data far cheaper than calldata.

Typed structured data signing, the standard behind readable wallet prompts for permits and orders.

An Ethereum transaction mechanism that lets an externally owned account authorize persistent delegation to executable code, introduced through Pectra in 2025.

2021 legal-tender experiment for Bitcoin, plus government accumulation and IMF negotiation drama.

El Sapo Pepe (PEPE) is a crypto asset primarily associated with ethereum.

zkSync's branding for a network of interoperable ZK chains.

A crypto compliance and blockchain analytics company.

The family of curves (secp256k1, Ed25519) used by most chains to make compact public keys and signatures.

Elon Musk-Inspired is a market sector used to group crypto assets with similar use or design.

Ember Earn (EEARN) is a crypto asset primarily associated with sui.

Ember Protocol is a Onchain Capital Allocator protocol active on Ethereum, Sui, Pharos. Ember is the investment platform and infrastructure for launching, accessing, and distributing traditional and onchain financial products…