Tag: 30 Most Used Crypto Slang Terms

Here are 30 commonly used crypto slang terms you’re likely to encounter:

1. **HODL:** Holding on for dear life. A misspelling of “hold” that became a rallying cry for long-term crypto investors.

2. **FOMO:** Fear of missing out. The anxiety of potentially missing a big price surge.

3. **FUD:** Fear, uncertainty, and doubt. Negative news or sentiment that can cause panic selling.

4. **REKT:** Ruined. A trader who has suffered significant losses.

5. **Sats:** Satoshis. The smallest unit of Bitcoin (0.00000001 BTC).

6. **Altcoin:** Any cryptocurrency that is not Bitcoin.

7. **DeFi:** Decentralized finance. Financial applications built on blockchain technology.

8. **NFT:** Non-fungible token. A unique digital asset representing ownership of something.

9. **DYOR:** Do your own research. A reminder to always do your due diligence.

10. **BTD/DCA:** Buy the dip/Dollar-cost averaging. Buying when the price dips, averaging your purchase price.

11. **Moon/Moontastic:** When the price of a cryptocurrency is skyrocketing.

12. **Lambo:** Lamborghini. A symbol of wealth in the crypto community.

13. **Bagholder:** Someone holding a cryptocurrency that has significantly dropped in value.

14. **Whale:** Someone who holds a large amount of a cryptocurrency.

15. **Pump and Dump:** A manipulative scheme to artificially inflate and then dump a cryptocurrency’s price.

16. **Rug Pull:** A scam where developers abandon a project and run off with investors’ money.

17. **Shill:** Aggressively promoting a cryptocurrency, sometimes deceptively.

18. **ATH:** All-time high. The highest price a cryptocurrency has ever reached.

19. **ATL:** All-time low. The lowest price a cryptocurrency has ever reached.

20. **Bear/Bearish:** A negative market trend.

21. **Bull/Bullish:** A positive market trend.

22. **Slippage:** The difference between the expected price and the actual execution price of a trade.

23. **Gas:** Fees paid to process transactions on a blockchain, especially Ethereum.

24. **Seed Phrase:** A list of words used to recover a cryptocurrency wallet. *Keep this secure!*

25. **Private Key:** A secret code that gives access to your cryptocurrency. *Keep this secure!*

26. **Public Key:** A code used to receive cryptocurrency. It’s safe to share.

27. **Wallet:** A digital wallet used to store and manage cryptocurrencies.

28. **Exchange:** A platform where you can buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrencies.

29. **Blockchain:** A distributed, decentralized ledger that records cryptocurrency transactions.

30. **Mining:** The process of verifying transactions and adding them to the blockchain (primarily for Proof-of-Work cryptocurrencies).