The most comprehensive crypto glossary for Beginner level
The most comprehensive crypto glossary out there.
Market taker
A market participant who buys and sells financial assets from currently existing orders. When a trader buys with a market order, they become market takers.
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Market sentiment
The overall psychology of investors in the market, which swings between fear and greed. As the pendulum swings from fear to greed, investor sentiment drives bear and bull market cycles.
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Market order
An order type given at an exchange, which demands to buy or sell an asset instantaneously at the current market price. A market buy is buying an asset at the instantly available market price and a market sell is selling an asset at the instantly available market price.
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Market maker
An individual or institution that periodically buys and sells large amounts of a financial asset to ensure its market liquidity. In return for providing liquidity, the market maker takes a profit from the bid–ask spread of all transactions that involve the asset.
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Market capitalization
The total value of the circulating supply of a cryptocurrency or token, which is calculated by multiplying the price of a single coin (or token) by the total number of coins (or tokens) in circulation.
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Margin trading
Trading with borrowed funds from a broker or an exchange, which provides leverage and thus more buying power for a trader. Leverage used in margin trading can change from 2 to 150 times the collateral of the trader. The higher the leverage is, the higher the liquidation risk will be.
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Margin call
A communication received from a trader’s broker when the value of their margin account falls below the exchange's required minimum amount. A trader can receive a message or a call from the broker or the exchange, by which they are demanded to deposit additional funds to restore their margin account to the minimum required value or face liquidation.
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Malware
Any type of malicious, ill-intentioned software that is designed to damage computers and networks, and steal personal data and funds.
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Long
Exposure to a financial asset, where an investor or a trader profits by increases in the asset’s market price.
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Litecoin (LTC)
A cryptocurrency created in 2011 by forking Bitcoin's source code. Litecoin was aimed to be an improved version of Bitcoin with faster transaction processing and lower network fees. Litecoin is considered to be the first “altcoin” of the cryptocurrency market.
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Liquidity
The ease with which an asset can be bought or sold without impacting its price during the process. The more liquid an asset is, the easier it is to buy or sell it at the current market prices.
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Liquidation
Conversion of a leveraged trade position to cash or its equivalents like stablecoins, due to losing the entirety of a trader’s capital so that there will not be a loss in the borrowed funds.
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Verification code
Digitally generated code that is sent to a user's email account, mobile device, or computer to validate a login attempt. Verification codes are usually sent via email, text message, or obtained using two-factor authentication (2FA) services such as Google Authenticator.
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Virtual cards
Debit or credit cards created entirely online. They work just like traditional payment cards without the need for physical card.
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Volatility
The degree of uncertainty or risk associated with the magnitude of the change in the value of an asset. It shows how quickly and how much the price of an asset changes and is usually calculated in terms of standard deviations of the asset's annual return over a given period of time.
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