A service that turns bank money into crypto, usually a CEX, broker, or payment app.

The number of derivative contracts still outstanding. Rising open interest means new risk is entering.

Contracts that give the right, but not the obligation, to buy (call) or sell (put) at a strike price.

Options is a market sector used to group crypto assets with similar use or design.

Oracle is a market sector used to group crypto assets with similar use or design.

A charting zone where large orders are believed to have been filled, used in ICT-style crypto TA.

A list of resting bids and asks on an exchange. The engine matches incoming orders against that book.

The target price a stablecoin or wrapped asset is designed to hold.

When perpetual futures trade rich to spot, usually paid by longs via funding.

A futures contract with no expiry. Funding payments keep it near the spot index.

Perpetuals is a market sector used to group crypto assets with similar use or design.

A market that trades event outcomes. Prices are read as implied probabilities.

Prediction Markets is a market sector used to group crypto assets with similar use or design.

When a derivative or listed token trades above a reference spot or net-asset value.

Quantum-Resistant is a market sector used to group crypto assets with similar use or design.

Price oscillating between support and resistance without a clear trend.

Real World Assets (RWA) is a market sector used to group crypto assets with similar use or design.

Valuation metric summing each coin at the price it last moved, used in on-chain cycle analysis.

Reusing customer collateral to fund other trades. Common in CeFi lending, dangerous when hidden.

The admin key of a token is sent to a burn address. Helpful, not sufficient. Other hidden roles can remain.

A price area where sellers have repeatedly capped advances.

The thesis that shared security via EigenLayer-style markets becomes a major yield and infra layer.

Market shorthand for a spot Bitcoin ETF listing. The product holds BTC, not futures.

A token that is a security under applicable law: ownership, debt, or investment-contract rights, usually with transfer restrictions.

The asset in which a contract's realized obligations or profit and loss are paid, which may differ from its quote or collateral currency.

The chance one side delivers and the other does not, classic in cross-border and OTC crypto.

Excess return per unit of volatility. A simple way to compare strategies after adjusting for swing size.

A position that profits if price falls, typically via a borrowed asset or a derivative.

A forced buy-back cascade when shorts are liquidated into a rising tape.