twap

Time-weighted average price. The average price of an asset over time.

TWAP is used by traders with high volume, executing the same size trade over and over during a span of time. This is done to not drain liquidity in a single trade. And to not affect market perceptions in a single trade.
He's twaping Bitcoin, selling $100k every minute.
by undertheradar May 20, 2021
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dust

Significantly low balances, such as a balance below 1 US cent, that are non-zero. Possible in cryptocurrency, where digital currencies can be seen up to 18 decimal places. Example: 0.000001 USDC.
This exchange has a minimum trading amount and a minimum withdrawal limit, so my account has dust I'll never be able to withdraw.
by undertheradar August 11, 2021
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DeFi

Decentralized Finance. Typically refers to apps connected to distributed ledger smart contracts such as with Ethereum and EOS, however, some refer to Bitcoin.
This DeFi trading app uses Metamask.
by undertheradar July 04, 2019
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dumb money

Not understanding an asset a person is buying, or a market someone is engaging in. Not caring to learn about an asset someone is buying.

Buying an asset at the peak before a bear market. The act of buying high and selling low.
Effectively, it’s dumb money moving in.
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few

Short for "few people understand." Refers to a perspective an individual thinks is important but not enough people are aware of.

Used as a meme in cryptocurrency communities.
Few.

Ethereum is rewriting the financial system, few people understand.
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FDV

Fully diluted valuation.

This is the price of an asset multiplied by the total supply. Instead of the market cap where the price is multiplied by the circulating supply.
FIL may have a market cap of $11 billion but has an FDV of $320 billion.
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ledger

A book of financial transactions.
Businesses keep great records in their ledger so they can always tell where their money is coming from and going to.
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