The most comprehensive crypto glossary for Beginner level
The most comprehensive crypto glossary out there.
Bear market
A bear market takes place when prices are dropping. During bear markets, people exit their positions en masse, waiting for the market to stabilize before reinvesting. In the sphere, the volatility can lead to dramatic downward spirals in prices.
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Bear
A metaphor for someone with pessimism towards a market. The metaphor originates from the direction a bear attacks, which is a downward swipe with the claws. A bear anticipates a downtrend in the market.
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Bandwith
The amount of data processed on a network per second in megabytes or gigabytes. In a network with a bandwidth limit, data flows become insufficient to manage the volume, and connections slow down.
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Baking
Process by which Tezos appends new transaction blocks to its blockchain. With this delegated proof-of-stake system, bakers are rewarded for every block that is baked.
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Bagholder
An investor who continues to invest in a cryptocurrency regardless of its performance. There are a number of reasons for this, the simplest being that the investor believes he will gain more in the long term than he will lose in the short term. It is also possible that they have fallen victim to the sunk cost fallacy.
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Bag
A balance of coins or tokens that a person is holding. The term is typically used to describe a specific cryptocurrency holding that is in significant amount of loss.
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Auction
A live event during which assets are negotiated through a bidding process led by an auctioneer. A starting bid will be pitched to the audience when the auctioneer presents the item at the auction.
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Asynchronous
Events in electronic systems that occur at different times, at different speeds, or that are independent of the main program flow.
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Asset management
Managing of assets owned by individuals or businesses. Both physical goods (such as a house, a car, or an apartment) and non-physical assets (such as copyrights, patents, cryptocurrencies) can be used to represent these assets.
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Asset-backed tokens
Digital claims backed by a physical asset. Almost anything can be tokenized, including gold, crude oil, real estate, and equity. The value of an asset-backed token is directly influenced by the value of the underlying asset.
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Asset
An item of monetary value that can be owned and purchased. An asset is anything owned by a business, whether tangible or intangible.
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Ask price
The price that a seller is willing to sell their asset on an exchange. When a trader places a market order, the highest bid and the lowest asking price in the exchange's order book are filled first. This means a market sell order matches with the highest bid, while a market buy order matches with the lowest asking price in the exchange.
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APY (annual percentage yield)
The percentage of annual compounding return on an investment or a savings deposit.
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APR (Annual Percentage Rate)
The interest rate charged by investors and paid by borrowers in a given year. An annual percentage rate represents the real cost of funds over a loan or investment term.
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Ape
An ape is someone who buys a cryptocurrency right after the launch of a token project. Apes perform little to no research and due diligence before the purchase, and their purchase is motivated by a fear of missing out.
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