Crypto Terms

ADAUSD is the market symbol for Cardano (ADA) priced in US dollars, where ADA is the native token of the Cardano blockchain and USD is the US dollar.

An altcoin is any cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin.

AVXUSD is the market symbol for Avalanche (AVAX) priced in US dollars, showing how many dollars one AVAX token is worth.

BCHUSD is the market symbol for Bitcoin Cash (BCH) priced in US dollars, showing how many dollars one BCH coin will buy.

A Bitcoin halving is a scheduled event in Bitcoin's code that cuts the reward miners receive for adding a new block in half.

A blockchain is a shared digital ledger that records transactions in linked blocks, each cryptographically tied to the one before it and copied across many computers.

BNBUSD is the market symbol for BNB priced in US dollars, telling you how many dollars one BNB token will buy.

BTCUSD is the market symbol for Bitcoin (BTC) priced in US dollars, where BTC is the first and largest cryptocurrency and USD is the US dollar.

CMPUSD is the market symbol for Compound (COMP) priced in US dollars, indicating how many dollars one COMP token is worth.

A cold wallet is a cryptocurrency wallet that keeps the private keys offline, with no standing connection to the internet.

Crypto mining is the process of validating transactions and adding new blocks to a proof-of-work blockchain by solving a hard computational puzzle.

A cryptocurrency is a digital asset secured by cryptography that records ownership and transfers on a decentralised network rather than through a central authority.

A cryptocurrency CFD is a contract for difference that lets you trade the price movement of a crypto asset without owning the coin itself.

A digital wallet is a software or hardware tool that stores the private keys giving you access to cryptocurrency on a blockchain.

DOGEUSD is the market symbol for Dogecoin (DOGE) priced in US dollars, showing how many dollars one DOGE coin will buy.

DOTUSD is the market symbol for Polkadot (DOT) priced in US dollars, telling you how many dollars one DOT token is worth.

ETHUSD is the market symbol for ether (ETH), the native coin of the Ethereum network, priced in US dollars.

GLMUSD is the market symbol for Golem (GLM) priced in US dollars, showing how many dollars one GLM token will buy.

A hot wallet is a cryptocurrency wallet that stays connected to the internet and stores the private keys needed to access and move funds.

KSMUSD is the market symbol for Kusama (KSM) priced in US dollars, indicating how many dollars one KSM token is worth.

LNKUSD is the market symbol for Chainlink (LINK) priced in US dollars, showing how many dollars one LINK token will buy.

LTCUSD is the market symbol for Litecoin (LTC) priced in US dollars, telling you how many dollars one LTC coin is worth.

POLUSD is the market symbol for POL, the native token of the Polygon network, priced in US dollars.

A private key is a secret number that proves ownership of cryptocurrency and authorises its movement on a blockchain.

A public key is a cryptographic value, derived from a private key, that lets others send you cryptocurrency and lets the network verify your transactions.

A satoshi is the smallest unit of Bitcoin, equal to one hundred-millionth of a single bitcoin.

SOLUSD is the market symbol for Solana (SOL) priced in US dollars, where SOL is the native token of the Solana blockchain and USD is the US dollar.

A stablecoin is a cryptocurrency designed to hold a steady value by pegging itself to a reference asset, most often a fiat currency such as the US dollar.

TRUMPUSD is the market symbol for Official Trump (TRUMP) priced in US dollars, where TRUMP is a memecoin issued on the Solana network and USD is the US dollar.

UNIUSD is the market symbol for Uniswap (UNI) priced in US dollars, where UNI is the governance token of the Uniswap decentralised exchange and USD is the US dollar.

XLMUSD is the market symbol for Stellar lumens (XLM) priced in US dollars, where XLM is the native asset of the Stellar payment network and USD is the US dollar.

XRPUSD is the market symbol for XRP priced in US dollars, where XRP is the digital asset native to the XRP Ledger and USD is the US dollar.

XTZUSD is the market symbol for Tezos (XTZ) priced in US dollars, where XTZ is the native token of the Tezos blockchain and USD is the US dollar.