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Binance is a global cryptocurrency exchange, founded in 2017, offering trading in over 350 cryptocurrencies with the highest daily trading volume.
Bitcoin ETFs are exchange-traded funds that track Bitcoin's value, allowing investors to invest in Bitcoin via traditional market exchanges rather than cryptocu...
BNB is the cryptocurrency powering the Binance ecosystem, used for discounts, staking, governance, payments and DeFi services.
The Borrow Automated Market Maker (BAMM) is a Fraxswap-based lending/borrowing module that operates without external oracles or liquidity. It enables safe, non-...
Byzantine Fault Tolerance is an algorithm enabling a network to function and reach consensus despite nodes' failures or deceptive behaviors, predominantly used ...
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Chainlink is a decentralized oracle network that brings off-chain data into an on-chain format across Web2 and Web3.
Coinbase is a San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange platform for buying, selling, and storing digital currencies, boasting over 90 million users worldwide...
Community Takeover (CTO) in crypto occurs when the original development team abandons a project, and community members step in to manage and operate it.
Curve Finance (CRV) is a cryptocurrency exchange platform and liquidity pool on Ethereum.
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DAI is a decentralized stablecoin by MakerDAO on Ethereum, maintaining a 1:1 value with USD, backed by collateralized cryptocurrency assets.
Decentralized Prediction Markets are blockchain platforms where users trade on future event outcomes. They use smart contracts and collective intelligence, or "...
A digital asset is a digitally native or a digital representation of an item of value recorded on a blockchain. This broad category includes cryptocurrencies, s...
Dogecoin is a decentralized, peer-to-peer digital currency featuring "Doge" meme imagery, known for its rapid value growth and broad online community.
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EIP-7594, or PeerDAS, is a core Ethereum proposal designed to scale data availability for Layer 2s. It introduces a peer-to-peer Data Availability Sampling (DAS...
EIP-7805 is a Core Ethereum Improvement Proposal to enhance censorship resistance by using a committee of validators to create 'inclusion lists' (ILs) enforced ...
EIP-7935 is an Ethereum Improvement Proposal for the Fusaka hard fork. It recommends increasing the default block gas limit on Ethereum mainnet from 36 million ...
ERC-8004 is a proposed Ethereum standard for a trust layer for autonomous AI agents. It establishes a framework for on-chain identity, reputation, and validatio...
Ethereum is a decentralized, open-source blockchain enabling smart contracts, NFTs, and various applications, powered by its native token Ether (ETH).
Fusaka is an upcoming Ethereum hard fork, tentatively scheduled for November 2025. It aims to enhance network scalability and efficiency through 11 Ethereum Imp...
Glamsterdam is an upcoming Ethereum hard fork, succeeding Fusaka, focused on enhancing scalability, efficiency, and potentially transitioning to Verkle trees. I...
Ethereum Name Service (ENS) is a decentralized, open-source system enabling human-readable names for Ethereum addresses, functioning like Domain Name System (DN...
EUR Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies pegged 1:1 to the Euro. They combine the Euro's stability with blockchain benefits for DeFi, FX trading, and cross-border p...
Ex Uno Plures is a macroeconomic advisory firm founded by Zoltan Pozsar in 2023. It provides research for institutional investors, focusing on global money mark...
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A fork is a modification of an open-source blockchain protocol, creating a new product, often due to disagreements within the blockchain community.
Fully Diluted Valuation (FDV) is a crypto metric for a project's total market cap if its entire token supply were in circulation. It is calculated by multiplyin...
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Hegota is a planned Ethereum network upgrade scheduled for late 2026. Following the Glamsterdam upgrade, it focuses on scalability by potentially implementing V...
HiIQ is a staking system for IQ token holders, promoting long-term engagement and governance participation. Users earn rewards and voting power based on the...
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James Howells is a Welsh IT engineer known for accidentally discarding a hard drive with 8,000 Bitcoin in 2013. After a decade-long, unsuccessful effort to retr...
JPY stablecoins are cryptocurrencies pegged 1:1 to the Japanese Yen. Governed by Japan's Payment Services Act, key examples include JPYC and the NYDFS-regulated...
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Market Capitalization, often used in cryptocurrency context, refers to the total market value of a coin or token, estimated by multiplying its current market pr...
Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a universal, secure standard connecting AI assistants to data and tools, improving context for relevant responses an...
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Shade Agents is a framework on the NEAR Protocol for building decentralized, autonomous AI agents. It uses Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) and NEAR's Chai...
SKY is the native currency and upgraded governance token of the rebranded Sky Protocol, formerly known as MakerDAO.
Solana (SOL) is a Layer 1 blockchain with smart contract support, native cryptocurrency, deflationary model, and SPL protocol for decentralized applications.
Solana ETFs are funds that track Solana's performance on traditional exchanges, offering regulated exposure without direct ownership of the cryptocurrency.
A Sybil attack is a security threat where a single entity creates multiple fake identities or nodes to gain control over a network, often targeting decentralize...
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Tether (USDT) is a stablecoin cryptocurrency pegged 1:1 to the US Dollar, facilitating stable transactions and arbitrage in the crypto market.
Tokenization converts assets into tradable, divisible, and liquid digital tokens on a blockchain, bridging the gap between traditional and decentralized finance...
Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) are secure processor enclaves that protect data, enabling private smart contracts, off-chain scalability, and MEV mitigati...
The Trustless Manifesto is a document by Vitalik Buterin, Yoav Weiss, and Marissa Posner, published in November 2025. It advocates for prioritizing trustlessnes...
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x402 is an open-source payments protocol by Coinbase, built on the HTTP 402 standard. It enables internet-native micropayments for APIs and digital resources, d...
The 3iQ XRP ETF (XRPQ, XRPQ.U) is a Canadian exchange-traded fund listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, providing investors with exposure to the digital asset X...
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