Tokenomics
How a token's supply is structured — total quantity, issuance schedule, allocations to insiders, unlock dates and any burn mechanism.
Glossary
HODL
Holding through volatility instead of trading it, from a misspelled 2013 forum post that the industry adopted wholesale.
Proof of Stake
A consensus system where validators lock up coins as collateral for the right to confirm blocks, and lose part of that stake if they misbehave.
Open Interest
The total value of derivative contracts currently open and unsettled.
Funding Rate
A recurring payment between traders holding long and short perpetual futures, which nudges the contract price back toward the spot price.
Node
A computer running blockchain software that keeps its own copy of the ledger and independently checks every rule.
On-Chain Analysis
Drawing conclusions about market behaviour by reading public blockchain activity — wallet flows, exchange balances, holding periods.
Cross-Chain Bridge
A service that moves value between two blockchains, usually by locking tokens on one side and issuing equivalent tokens on the other.
Token
A unit of value issued on an existing blockchain rather than having a chain of its own, created and governed by a smart contract.
Tether
The largest dollar-pegged stablecoin by volume, issued by Tether and backed by a reserve of cash and short-term debt that the company reports on periodically.
