The currency of the blockchain network projects that raise money through the issuance of tokens:
ICO – Initial Coin Offering – the initial offering by a startup in exchange for ‘currency”. Pretty much Ethereum crowdfunding Shilling or Pumping – an advertisement for another cryptocurrency. For example, if a digital coin were promised to be the next cure for cancer, it would be called shilling
Stable Coin – a coin that has a very low level of volatility and can be traded against the whole market
Arbitrage – finding a difference in a commodity price on different exchanges and taking advantage of it
FOMO – Fear of Missing Out – the overwhelming feeling that, when a price starts to go through the roof, you need to get on and join in
FUD – Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt – a negativity without any base that is spread by a person who wants to drop the price of something
FUDster – the person spreading the FUD
Pump and Dump – recurring cycle of one of the altcoins receiving high attention, pushing the price up which will then, inevitably, crash
Bagholder – a person who is still holding on to an altcoin after the pump and dump crash.
Market Cap – the whole value that a cryptocurrency holds, calculated by the multiplication of the total coin supply by the price of a single unit
ROI – Return on Investment. The percentage of the total made compared to the initial investment. For example, 100% ROI would mean that the money has been doubled
TA – Trend or Technical Analysis – the process of looking at current charts to predict the next movement in the market
MACD – Moving Average Convergence Divergence – trend indicator that shows a relationship between the moving averages of two prices
