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Glossary Crypto & Web3

Memecoin

A token whose value rests on attention and community rather than on any product or cash flow. Prices move on social momentum, and most eventually go to near zero.

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Bid-ask spread

The gap between the highest price a buyer will pay and the lowest a seller will…

Halving

A scheduled event in Bitcoin, roughly every four years, that cuts the reward paid to miners…

Bull market

A sustained period of rising prices and confident sentiment. The common threshold is a rise of…

Inflation

The rate at which prices rise across an economy, reducing what a unit of currency buys.…

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