Account Abstraction
A wallet setup that makes crypto accounts act more like smart apps, so users can batch actions, use recoveries, and stop feeling like one typo ends their dynasty. ๐ค
Active Address
An address that sends or receives transactions during a given period, used as a rough activity metric. ๐ฌ
Address Poisoning
A scam where a bad actor sends tiny transactions from a lookalike wallet so you copy the wrong address later. Always double-check every spooky string. โ ๏ธ
Admin Key
A privileged key that can upgrade or control parts of a protocol. Great for shipping fast, terrifying when trust is low. ๐
Airdrop
Free tokens handed out to users, testers, or bag-chasers, usually to reward activity or bribe the timeline into caring. ๐
Airdrop Farmer
Someone doing tasks on ten chains, nineteen wallets, and zero sunlight hoping free tokens rain from the heavens. ๐ง๏ธ
Airdrop Hunter
A user who farms wallets, tasks, and protocols in hopes of qualifying for future token drops. The onchain equivalent of collecting raffle tickets. ๐
Airdrop Meta
The current popular strategy set for farming likely airdrops, such as bridging, swapping, staking, or posting to rank for eligibility. ๐ช
Airdrop Season
A stretch of market time when many protocols launch tokens and distribute retroactive rewards to early users. ๐
Algo Stablecoin
A stablecoin that tries to hold its peg using algorithmic supply/demand mechanisms rather than full fiat backing. ๐ค
All-Time High
The highest price an asset has ever reached. It is where screenshots are posted and late buyers are forged. ๐
All-Time Low
The lowest recorded price for an asset. Usually discovered right after someone says, 'it canโt go lower.' ๐ชฆ
Alpha
Useful info or insight that might help you get in early before the crowd stampedes in. Real alpha is rare; most 'alpha' is just louder guessing. ๐ง
Alpha Call
A trade idea or information edge shared before the broader market notices. ๐ง
Alpha Group
A private or semi-private community where members share trade ideas, research, or early info. ๐
Alpha Leak
Information or a trade thesis escaping from a small circle into the wider market. ๐ซ
Alt Season
A market phase where altcoins start outrunning Bitcoin and CT gets absolutely unbearable in the most entertaining way. ๐
Altcoin
Any crypto that is not Bitcoin. Some are serious networks, some are experiments, and some are comedy with liquidity. ๐ช
AMM
An automated market maker, meaning a protocol uses liquidity pools and formulas instead of a traditional order book to price trades. โ๏ธ
Angel Round
An early private funding round backed by angel investors before wider venture rounds or launch. ๐ผ
Ape
To buy something impulsively with max vibes and minimal research. The degen version of 'I have a feeling.' ๐ฆ
Ape Entry
Slang for the price or moment someone entered a trade, with 'ape' describing how careful, reckless, or tiny that entry was. ๐ฏ
Ape In
Slang for doing something in with very high conviction and not nearly enough hesitation or research. ๐ฆ
Ape Size
Slang for doing something size with very high conviction and not nearly enough hesitation or research. ๐ฆ
Approval
Permission you give a smart contract to spend tokens from your wallet. Leave reckless approvals around long enough and one day you learn character development. โ
APR
Annual Percentage Rate: the simple yearly return on a position before compounding. If a pool pays 20% APR, that is the non-compounded annualized rate. ๐พ
APY
Annual Percentage Yield: the yearly return after compounding rewards back into the position over time. ๐
Arb
Short for arbitrage: profiting from price differences for the same asset across venues or related markets. โ๏ธ
Arbitrage
Buying an asset cheaper in one place and selling it higher in another. In theory: free efficiency. In practice: bots ate your lunch. ๐ค
Ask
The lowest listed sell price in an order book. Hitting it means youโre buying from someone ready to unload. ๐
Ask Wall
A large visible sell wall on the order book that can slow price movement until it is filled or pulled. ๐งฑ
Aspirational Exit Liquidity
A joke about hoping future buyers will show up at higher prices so you can sell to them. ๐ฌ
Async Composability
The ability for apps across chains or execution environments to interact, even when actions settle asynchronously rather than instantly in one atomic step. ๐งฉ
Atomic Swap
A trust-minimized swap where two parties exchange assets directly, usually across chains, with all-or-nothing settlement. โ๏ธ
Attestation
A signed statement proving or asserting that some condition, identity, or event is true. ๐ชช
Auction
A sale mechanism where buyers compete through bids instead of a fixed price. ๐จ
Auction Mint
An NFT mint that allocates items through bidding instead of a flat first-come price. ๐ผ๏ธ
Audit
A security review of smart contracts by specialists. Helpful, but not a magic anti-rug force field. ๐ก๏ธ
AUM
Assets Under Management: the total value managed by a fund, vault, or strategy. ๐ผ
Authorized Signer
An address or person allowed to approve transactions on a wallet, multisig, or contract-controlled treasury. โ๏ธ
Average Down
Buying more after price falls to reduce your average entry price. โฌ๏ธ
Average Entry
The weighted average price of all entries into a position. ๐งพ
Average True Range
A volatility indicator measuring the average size of price ranges over a chosen period. ๐
Average Up
Buying more after price rises, increasing size at a higher average cost. โฌ๏ธ