Pump and Dump

A form of fraud involving the artificial inflation of a cryptocurrency's price through false or misleading hype, followed by coordinated selling at the peak that causes the price to crash. Full definition

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Whale

A term used to refer to very high net worth crypto wallet addresses whose trading decisions are large enough to directly and noticeably impact an asset's price. Full definition

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Staking

A form of participation in a proof-of-stake system where you lock up your tokens for a set period to serve as a validator for the blockchain and receive rewards in return. Full definition

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