Fluid DEX is a Dexs protocol active on Ethereum, Plasma, Arbitrum. With Smart Collateral, LPs are now able to utilize their position as collateral in Fluid and deploy it as AMM liquidity on the DEX.

Fluid Lending is a Lending protocol active on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Plasma. An ever-evolving DeFi protocol and financial system of the future by Instadapp

Fluid Lite is a Yield Aggregator protocol active on Ethereum. Automated vaults

Fear of missing out. Buying because price already ran, often near local tops.

A protocol path for submitting a transaction through a settlement layer or alternative queue when a rollup sequencer does not include it normally.

A split in chain history or protocol rules. Can be accidental (two tips) or intentional (an upgrade).

The rule a node applies to select its preferred chain head when more than one valid branch is available.

Mathematical proofs about contract behavior, complementary to audits and tests.

Mathematically proving that code matches a spec, used on high-value vaults and zk circuits.

Forward Industries SOL is a Liquid Staking protocol active on Solana. Staked SOL on Forward Industries, receive fwdSOL tokens.

A common structure: nonprofit foundation holds IP or treasury, for-profit lab builds the product.

A BNB Chain memecoin launchpad in the same genre as Pump.fun.

Splitting a high-value asset into many tokens so smaller buyers can hold a slice. Legal title design matters more than the token UI.

Franklin Templeton's tokenized money-market fund experiment, an early public example of fund shares on public rails.

A stablecoin and DeFi family that has used fractional reserves, AMO strategies, and liquid staking.

The key that can block an address from transferring a token, common on Solana stables and some RWAs.

A SocialFi experiment on Base that tokenized Twitter accounts as keys. A cycle case study more than a standard.

Seeing a pending transaction and inserting your own ahead of it for profit.

International policy recommendations for consistent regulation, supervision, and oversight of crypto-asset activities and relevant stablecoin arrangements.

A collapsed centralized exchange whose 2022 failure froze customer funds and reshaped U.S. enforcement.

The November 2022 failure of FTX and Alameda, a defining custody and fraud event for the industry.

As FTX failed, unexplained large withdrawals moved from the platform, compounding customer losses beyond the insolvency itself.

Investments and token deals tied to FTX that complicated bankrupt estate recovery.

The period when FTX and Alameda heavily backed Solana, then nearly killed confidence when they failed.

Fear, uncertainty, and doubt. Negative narrative used to scare holders into selling.

A node that verifies every block and transaction against consensus rules instead of trusting a third party.

Providing liquidity from price zero to infinity, the Uniswap v2-style position.

Max or total supply multiplied by current price. What market cap would be if every token were in circulation.

Encryption that permits supported computations on ciphertexts, so an authorized party can decrypt the resulting answer without revealing the original inputs to the evaluator.

Function FBTC is a Bridge protocol active on Bitcoin. Function is building the standard infrastructure that transforms Bitcoin into a capital-efficient, hyperliquid, and composable asset…

Harvesting perpetual funding by holding a hedged long-and-short book across spot and perps.

Perp funding so high or negative that a squeeze becomes likely. A timing tool, not a thesis.

A periodic payment between longs and shorts on a perpetual future so the contract tracks the spot index.

A contract to buy or sell an asset at a set date and price. Crypto futures are often cash-settled.

fx Protocol is a Dual-Token Stablecoin protocol active on Ethereum. f(x) Protocol is a decentralized on-chain trading platform that enables stress-free leverage on ETH and WBTC while delivering the highest…

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.

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.

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.