Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Dictionary

Terms commonly used in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency

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Steblcoins

These are cryptocurrencies that are universally recognized and attached to traditional fiat currencies, for example, to the dollar. Examples: USDT, USDC, DAI, BUSD, etc. Due to the fact that these cryptocurrencies are tied to stable assets, they are assigned the corresponding name "Stable coins" or "stabiboins".

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ICO

This is a format for attracting investments in which the organization sells part of its assets (tokens) in exchange for cryptocurrencies. ICO is an analogue of an IPO in the cryptocurrency market, only instead of shares/bonds are used project tokens. Who (Wallet Holder Offering) - a type of ICO, which is carried out only by owners of certain wallets

Anti-Money Laundering

AML is the abbreviation for ‘anti-money laundering’. AML stands for policy and legislation on money laundering. This prevents illegally acquired funds from being converted into a legal variant. Within the crypto world, it is no longer unusual for AML techniques to be used by exchanges and wallets. This term is often used as AML/KYC, where KYC stands for ‘Know your customer’.

Liquidity

These are assets (tokens) to be sold or purchased on the market without any influence on the basic price of this asset.

Wall

A huge order for a purchase or sale that can stop, respectively, a growth or fall in the course. It happens that the walls are the manipulation of whales to confuse hamsters.

Food/ FAD

These are manipulations performed by some persons in order to spread obviously false or negative information, which will later cause a decrease in the rating of any project, the emergence of distrust of it or will contribute to the fall of the price of token.

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