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Glossary Crypto & Web3

NFT

A token recording ownership of a specific item rather than an interchangeable unit. What the holder actually owns depends entirely on the terms attached, which are often narrower than buyers assume.

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Embargo

An agreement not to publish information before a stated time, so outlets can prepare coverage of…

Revenue

Total income from sales, before any costs. A company can grow revenue for years while losing…

Circuit breaker

An automatic pause in trading triggered by a sharp move. The aim is to let information…

Machine learning

Building software that improves at a task by finding patterns in data rather than by being…

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