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Aave: Aave is an open-source and non-custodial liquidity protocol for earning interest on deposits and borrowing assets.

Altcoin: Altcoin is a combination of two words: ‘alt’ and ‘coin’ where alt means ‘alternative’ and coin means ‘cryptocurrency’. Together they imply a category of cryptocurrency, which is an alternative to the digital Bitcoin currency.

Binance: Binance is a cryptocurrency exchange that provides a platform for trading various cryptocurrencies. It was founded in 2017 and is domiciled in the Cayman Islands. Binance is currently the largest exchange in the world in terms of daily trading volume.

Binance USD (BUSD): Binance USD (BUSD) is a new USD-denominated stablecoin approved by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) that will be launched in partnership with Paxos and Binance.

Bitcoin Cash: Bitcoin Cash is the second-largest fork of the Bitcoin network, next to BTC. It has a passionate community which includes investor Roger Ver and BitMain co-founder Jihan Wu.

Bounty: A cryptocurrency bounty is a reward users receive for performing tasks assigned by a given blockchain or project.

Cardano: Cardano is a third-generation, decentralized proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain platform designed to be a more efficient alternative to proof-of-work (PoW) networks.

Cold Wallet: A cryptocurrency wallet is in cold storage, i.e. not connected to the internet.

Core Wallet: A core crypto wallet is able to contain the entire blockchain, rather than just a piece of blockchain.

Dai: Dai is a stable coin cryptocurrency which aims to keep its value as close to one United States dollar (USD) as possible through an automated system of smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain. Dai is maintained and regulated by MakerDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) composed of the owners of its governance token, MKR, who may vote on changes to certain parameters in its smart contracts in order to ensure the stability of Dai.

Dogecoin: Dogecoin is a cryptocurrency created by software engineers Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer, who decided to create a payment system as a joke, making fun of the wild speculation in cryptocurrencies at the time. Despite its satirical nature, some consider it a legitimate investment prospect.

EOS: EOS is a blockchain-based, decentralized system infrastructure that enables the development, hosting, and execution of commercial-scale decentralized applications on its platform. No official full form exists for EOS, and the creators have decided not to formally define it themselves.

Ethereum: Ethereum is a decentralized, open-source blockchain with smart contract functionality. Ether (ETH or Ξ) is the native cryptocurrency of the platform. After Bitcoin, it is the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Ethereum is the most actively used blockchain.

Flow: Flow token (“FLOW”) is the native currency for the Flow network and the keystone for a new, inclusive, and borderless digital economy. This feature is in beta testing.

Gnosis: Gnosis is decentralized prediction market built on the Ethereum protocol. Third-party developers will also be able to introduce their own services.

Hive: Hive is a cryptocurrency of HIVE Blockchain Technologies Company, which listed on the Toronto Venture Exchange in 2017, under the ticker symbol HIVE. The company uses 100% green energy to mine both Bitcoin and Ethereum, with a committed ESG strategy since day one.

Infinitecoin: Infinitecoin (IFC) is a cryptocurrency . Users are able to generate IFC through the process of mining.

J-Coin: J-Coin – Mizuho Bank announced plans to launch its J-Coin. The company has signed up almost 60 financial institutions to what it refers to as its “Banking Digital Currency Platform”.

Kira: Kira is a decentralized network hat allows you to utilize 100% of your working capital and provides access to the market for any digital token in the interchain ecosystem.

Litecoin Cash: Litecoin Cash is a Litecoin fork that has a higher max supply, runs the SHA256 mining algorithm, and has better difficulty adjustment. Forks, forks everywhere. 2017 was a record year for cryptocurrency forks.

Monero: Monero is a decentralized cryptocurrency. It uses a public distributed ledger with privacy-enhancing technologies that obfuscate transactions to achieve anonymity and fungibility.

Nexus (NXS): Nexus blockchain was established by Nexus Development U.S., LLC, with the aim of providing a highly scalable Proof of Work-based blockchain network.

Observer (OBSR): Observer (OBSR) is a utility coin that promotes crowd-sourced weather data trading. Individuals earn OBSR by sending personal weather observations, such as air temperature, pressure, humidity, and fine dust concentrations, to the Observer Foundation.

Poligon token (MATIC): Poligon token (MATIC) is an Ethereum token that is used to power the Polygon Network, an Ethereum multichain scaling solution. Matic Network, now Polygon, the ultimate framework aiming at improving interoperability between the Ethereum blockchain and compatible networks, has recently seen a significant increase in traffic.

Qitmeer PMEER: Qitmeer PMEER is the infrastructure of a new generation payment network based on BlockDAG technology.

Quantum Computing: A computer that harnesses phenomena from quantum mechanics in order to perform much more efficient computations than order, classical computer technologies are capable of

Rise Coin: Rise Coin with the ticker RSCT is a token from an unknown country and is created on the Ethereum blockchain. The total supply is 500 000 000 and the fully diluted marketcap of RiseCoin Token is currently $75 295.

Stellar: Stellar cryptocurrency refers to a digital or virtual currency developed by Stellar Development Foundation. The organization’s currency, which is called the lumen, is traded under the symbol XLM on various cryptocurrency exchanges.

Theta: Theta is software that seeks to incentivize a global network of computers to operate a decentralized video streaming platform.

Verge: Verge is a secure and user-friendly digital currency. It eas built for everyday transactions.

Volume: How much cryptocurrency has been traded over a set period, such as the past 24 hours.

Wrapped Bitcoin: Wrapped Bitcoin is an ERC-20 token that represents Bitcoin (BTC) on the Ethereum blockchain. A key advantage of WBTC is its integration into the world of Ethereum wallets, dapps, and smart contracts.