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A-Book brokers pass trades to external liquidity; B-Book brokers take the opposite side of the client's trade.

A design pattern (ERC-4337) that separates smart contract logic from user wallets, enabling features like gasless transactions, social recovery, and automated trading without exposing private keys.

A decentralized network where different specialized agents communicate and swap services (e.g., a news-agent selling data to a trade-agent).

A crypto wallet controlled by an AI agent (usually using ERC-4337 or MPC) permitted to sign transactions for specific strategies without human intervention.

The degree to which an autonomous entity can perceive its environment, make decisions, and execute actions independently via smart contracts or LLMs.

The strategic process of interacting with new protocols to qualify for free token distributions, often automated by AI scripts.

A situation where privileged or early information about a project's future performance is shared or discovered.

A type of decentralized exchange protocol that relies on mathematical formulas to price assets rather than a traditional order book.

A blockchain network built specifically to optimize the performance and governance of a single high-scale application.

The simultaneous purchase and sale of an asset in different markets to exploit price inefficiencies for profit.

Specialized computer hardware designed exclusively for mining cryptocurrencies using specific algorithms like SHA-256.

A smart-contract technology that enables the direct exchange of cryptocurrencies across different blockchains without intermediaries.

The automated execution of trades across different exchanges to profit from minute price discrepancies.

An investor stuck holding a depreciating asset they cannot or will not sell, typically after buying near the top of a pump. The 'bags' refer to heavy, unwanted positions.

The foundational blockchain architecture (e.g., Bitcoin, Ethereum) that provides security and finality for the entire network.

A sustained period of falling asset prices, typically characterized by negative investor sentiment and high volatility.

The difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept (ask), representing the hidden cost of trading.

An unpredictable, rare event that has a massive impact on market prices, such as a major exchange collapse or geopolitical crisis.

The fundamental trade-off between decentralization, security, and scalability — optimizing for any two typically comes at the expense of the third.

Similar to a mitigation block, but it involves a stop hunt (liquidity grab) before the structure is broken.

The technical and security risks associated with moving assets between different blockchains, often vulnerable to exploits.

The percentage of the total crypto market cap accounted for by Bitcoin, used to identify 'Altcoin Seasons'.

A sustained period of rising asset prices, often driven by high demand, institutional adoption, and positive macro conditions.

The speed at which a project removes tokens from the total supply, often used as a deflationary mechanism to increase value.

A financial chart used to describe price movements of a security over time, showing Open, High, Low, and Close values.

The principle that the first recipients of new money (usually banks/institutes) benefit more than those who receive it later after prices rise.

A digital form of fiat currency issued directly by a central bank, designed to modernize payments but raising concerns about surveillance and financial sovereignty.

A platform managed by a central entity (e.g., Binance) that facilitates the buying and selling of digital assets.

A prompting technique where the AI agent is encouraged to 'think step-by-step', improving logical reasoning in complex trading scenarios.

The first sign of an internal trend shift on low timeframes, often occurring before a major high-timeframe trend reversal.

A market mechanism that halts trading when prices move too quickly, preventing panic selling and giving participants time to reassess.

A crypto storage solution that remains offline, providing maximum security against digital theft and hacking.

Cloud or decentralized platforms providing the GPU/CPU power required to run autonomous agentic strategies 24/7.

A fault-tolerant process used in blockchain systems to achieve the necessary agreement on a single data value or network state.

The maximum amount of information (tokens) an AI model can 'remember' and process at any single moment during reasoning.

A key macro metric for inflation that drives the Federal Reserve's interest rate decisions, directly impacting risk assets like BTC.

A protocol that enables the transfer of assets and data between two different blockchain ecosystems.

An organization represented by rules encoded as a computer program that is transparent and controlled by the organization members.

An application built on a decentralized network that combines a smart contract and a frontend user interface.

A private trading venue where large orders execute without public display, preventing front-running and reducing market impact for institutional traders.

The guarantee that the data required to verify a block is available to all network participants, critical for Rollup security.

The practice of investing a fixed amount of money in an asset at regular intervals, regardless of the price, to reduce volatility impact.

Financial contracts set between two or more parties that derive their value from an underlying asset, group of assets, or benchmark.

A P2P marketplace where users can trade cryptocurrencies directly without a central intermediary taking custody of funds.

A powerful move in price that shows clear institutional intent, leaving multiple Fair Value Gaps behind.

The observation that the USD performs well during both extreme US economic growth and extreme global risk aversion/crisis.

A potential flaw in a digital cash scheme where the same single digital token can be spent more than once.

An index measuring the value of the US Dollar against a basket of world currencies. In crypto, it inversely correlates with BTC.

Actively Validated Services that use restaked ETH to secure their system without needing to bootstrap their own validator set.

The process of 'Restaking' ETH or LSTs to secure multiple networks simultaneously, providing hyper-efficient yield.

The technical standard used for all smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain for fungible token implementation.

The free, open standard that describes how to build non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the Ethereum blockchain.

The global market for US dollars held in banks outside the United States, forming the invisible backbone of international finance.

The software platform that developers use to create decentralized applications and execute smart contracts on the Ethereum network.

The specific part of the agentic stack where trade commands are signed and broadcasted to the blockchain.

A term used when early investors or insiders sell their positions to retail traders who are buying near the peak of a cycle.

A government-issued currency that is not backed by a physical commodity, such as gold or silver.

A service that allows users to convert traditional fiat currency (USD, EUR, etc.) into cryptocurrency, serving as the bridge between the traditional financial system and crypto.

The moment at which it becomes impossible to change or revert a transaction once it has been added to the blockchain.

The process of further training a pre-existing AI model on a specific crypto dataset to improve its domain-specific accuracy.

Uncollateralized loans that must be borrowed and repaid within the same blockchain transaction, often used for arbitrage.

The branch of the Federal Reserve that determines the direction of monetary policy and interest rates in the US.

The psychological driver where traders make impulsive decisions to buy assets during a rally to avoid missing potential gains.

A strategy that profits from the difference between the perpetual funding rate and a spot position.

Periodic payments between long and short traders in perpetual futures to keep contract prices close to index prices.

An imbalance in price move shown by a gap between candles, often filled as price seeks to rebalance liquidity.

The cost required to perform a transaction or execute a smart contract on a blockchain network like Ethereum or Solana.

A user experience where transaction fees are subsidized or paid in the asset being traded, common in account abstraction.

A legendary pseudonymous trader known for high-accuracy macro predictions and inversely correlating with retail sentiment.

A cryptocurrency that allows its holders to vote on decisions that govern the development and operation of a blockchain project.

An automated trading strategy that places buy and sell orders at fixed price intervals (grid levels), profiting from market volatility without predicting direction.

A pre-programmed event in Bitcoin's code that cuts the block reward in half every 210,000 blocks (~4 years), reducing new supply and historically preceding major bull runs.

A position taken to offset potential losses in another investment, essentially acting as an insurance policy.

A long-term investment strategy of holding onto an asset despite market volatility, originating from a misspelling of 'hold'.

A specialized app-chain designed for high-performance perpetual trading with sub-second finality and native orderbooks.

A fundraising method where new projects sell their underlying crypto tokens in exchange for Bitcoin or Ether.

The temporary loss of funds experienced by liquidity providers due to volatility in a trading pair within an AMM.

A minor pullback or structural point designed to 'induce' retail traders to enter too early before a real institutional move.

The process of an AI model using its trained knowledge to make predictions or decisions on new live market data.

A specific candle that marks where a large institution began to fund a massive move, often serving as a future 'Point of Interest'.

A paradigm where users specify a desired outcome (intent) rather than a specific transaction, leaving the execution path to specialized solvers or agents.

A set of transparency standards for AI agents in DeFi, ensuring users know the agent's logic, underlying model, and risk parameters.

Deployment of AI agents on hardware close to blockchain nodes to minimize the time between seeing data and executing a trade.

A secondary framework or protocol built on top of an existing blockchain (L1) to improve scalability and transaction speed.

A scaling solution that executes transactions off the main blockchain and posts compressed proof back to Layer 1, increasing throughput while inheriting L1 security.

The forced closing of a leveraged position by an exchange when the user's collateral is no longer sufficient to cover the potential losses.

A engineered move to trigger stop losses above/below obvious levels to fill institutional buy/sell orders.

A collection of funds locked in a smart contract used to facilitate trading by providing liquidity on decentralized exchanges.

A sharp price movement used to trigger stop losses before reversing, generating the liquidity needed for large institutional positions.

A sudden, explosive price movement that leaves no orders filled in its wake, often seen during black swan events or news.

The process by which an AI agent uses large language models (like DeepSeek or Claude) to parse news and market data into trading decisions.

A new layer of staking where LSTs are restaked on platforms like EigenLayer to secure additional services, issuing a new liquid token.

Tokens that represent staked assets (like stETH for ETH), allowing users to earn staking rewards while keeping their capital liquid for DeFi.

A measure of the money supply that includes cash, checking deposits, and easily convertible 'near money' like savings and money market funds.

The total market value of a cryptocurrency's circulating supply (Price x Circulating Supply).

When price breaks the previous valid high/low, signaling a potential shift in the primary market trend.

A theory that prices tend to return to their historical average over time, making extreme deviations potential trading opportunities.

High-frequency agents specialized in detecting sentiment shifts on platforms like Pump.fun or DexScreener to trade speculative assets.

A software cryptocurrency wallet used to interact with the Ethereum blockchain and its decentralized applications.

The profit that can be gained by users (searchers/validators) by including, excluding, or reordering transactions in a block.

The process of verifying complex mathematical problems to secure a blockchain network and earn newly issued tokens.

The process of creating new tokens on a blockchain, such as when a new NFT is generated or a stablecoin is issued.

A failed order block that didn't hold price but now acts as a future support or resistance level.

A theoretical state where AI models trained on AI-generated data begin to lose their ability to handle reality/nuance.

The process of compressing a large AI model into a smaller, more efficient version capable of running locally on-chain or on edge devices.

A security technology that splits a private key among multiple parties (or agents), so no single node controls the full key.

A framework where multiple AI agents work together to solve a task, such as one agent managing risk while another finds entries.

A unique blockchain token representing ownership of a specific digital or physical asset — artwork, collectibles, game items, music, or real estate — that cannot be replicated or divided (unless fractionalized).

A computer that participates in a blockchain network by storing, validating, and broadcasting transaction data.

The permanent record of transactions left by an entity on the blockchain, used for wallet forensics and tracking.

A specialized agentic operating system for crypto traders, optimizing latency between blockchain event detection and AI reasoning.

A data feed that connects non-blockchain data (e.g., asset prices, weather) to smart contracts for execution.

A decentralized service that provides reliable, real-time external data (like prices) to smart contracts.

The last candle in the opposite direction before a strong directional expansion, marking institutional entry points.

The volume of buy and sell orders at each price level in an exchange's order book, indicating market liquidity and potential price impact of large trades.

A condition where informed traders (like hedge funds) trade against market makers, causing the latter to lose money consistently.

The component of an AI agent that monitors on-chain data, social feeds (Twitter/Discord), and order books to provide context for decision-making.

The price level with the highest traded volume for a particular time period in the volume profile.

The method of determining how much capital to allocate to a single trade based on account size, risk tolerance, and stop-loss distance.

A limit order that ensures the trader only acts as a 'maker' (adding liquidity) and never as a 'taker' (removing it).

A market cycle concept consisting of three distinct phases: Accumulation, Manipulation, and Distribution.

Areas of price relative to a range. Premium (top 50%) is for selling; Discount (bottom 50%) is for buying.

A secret alphanumeric code that serves as a digital signature, allowing users to access and spend their crypto assets.

The art of crafting specific text inputs to get more accurate or specialized behavior from an AI agent.

Digital identity verification used to distinguish between human users and autonomous agents on social or voting platforms.

A consensus algorithm that chooses validators based on the number of tokens they hold and are willing to 'stake'.

A consensus algorithm that requires validators to solve intensive computational puzzles to secure the network.

A company that provides traders with capital to trade in exchange for a profit split, usually after passing a challenge.

A design where the task of proposing a block is separated from the task of building it, aimed at mitigating MEV centralization.

A manipulation scheme where insiders accumulate a low-cap asset, artificially hype it to retail buyers, then sell their holdings at the peak — leaving latecomers with heavy losses.

Rapid-fire AI agents programmed to identify and purchase tokens the millisecond they are launched on bonding curve platforms.

A monetary policy where a central bank purchases government securities to increase money supply and encourage lending/investment.

The reverse of QE, where central banks reduce their balance sheets by selling assets, effectively withdrawing liquidity from the market.

An AI framework that allows LLMs to pull real-time data from external sources (blockchains/news) before generating a response.

The interest rate on an investment after adjusting for inflation (Nominal Yield - Inflation), a major driver of BTC's store-of-value narrative.

A token with an elastic supply that automatically adjusts (increases or decreases) each holder's balance periodically to target a specific price — no transactions needed.

A facility where financial institutions lend cash to the Fed in exchange for securities, used as a barometer for excess liquidity in the system.

The theoretical rate of return of an investment with zero risk, usually represented by US Treasury bills.

A market paradigm where investors either flock to high-yield risk assets (Risk-On) or seek safety in cash/gold/bonds (Risk-Off).

A metric comparing potential loss to potential gain on a trade. A 1:3 ratio means risking $1 to potentially gain $3.

A process to fine-tune AI models so they align more closely with human intent and safety standards.

Layer 2 scaling solutions that execute transactions off-chain and post compressed data back to the main chain, increasing throughput while inheriting L1 security.

A scam where token creators withdraw all liquidity from a trading pool or abandon a project after collecting investor funds, making the token instantly untradeable.

The tokenization of off-chain assets — real estate, treasury bills, commodities, private credit — into on-chain tokens that can be traded, fractionalized, and used in DeFi.

A series of 12 or 24 random words used as a recovery mechanism to regain access to a cryptocurrency wallet.

A specialized sub-system that parses thousands of tweets/news per second to gauge if the market is fearful, euphoric, or neutral.

A node in a Rollup (L2) responsible for ordering transactions before they are batched and sent to the L1 (Ethereum).

A method of scaling blockchain networks by splitting the database into small pieces (shards) to process transactions in parallel.

A rapid price increase that forces short sellers to buy back their positions, further fueling the upward move.

The difference between the expected price of a trade and the actual price at which the trade is executed due to low liquidity.

A self-executing contract with the terms of the agreement between buyer and seller being directly written into lines of code.

Tracking the moves of institutional traders and venture funds on-chain to identify early accumulation phases.

A cyclical slowdown that avoids recession, where a central bank successfully raises rates to cool inflation without crashing the economy.

A philosophical concept of a person using technology (like crypto/AI) to operate independently from traditional state structures.

A cryptocurrency designed to have a stable price, typically by being pegged to a reserve asset such as the US Dollar.

The mechanism by which a stablecoin maintains its peg to a reference asset (usually USD) by holding reserves of other assets as backing.

A toxic economic state characterized by slow growth, high unemployment, and rising inflation simultaneously.

The process of locking up digital assets to support a network's operation in exchange for newly minted rewards.

An advance order to sell an asset when it reaches a specific price point, used to limit loss on a position.

A secure area of a main processor that guarantees code and data loaded inside are protected with respect to confidentiality and integrity.

The moment a new cryptocurrency token is created and distributed — the official launch event where tokens become transferable and tradeable for the first time.

The minimum price increment at which an asset can be traded on an exchange.

A schedule that gradually releases tokens to founders, team members, and early investors over time, preventing sudden sell pressure and aligning long-term incentives.

The study of the economic quality of a cryptocurrency, including supply, distribution, and utility factors.

A trend-following system developed by Richard Dennis proving that mechanical trading rules could be taught to ordinary people for consistent profits.

The sum of all assets currently staked or invested within a DeFi protocol, reflecting its depth and adoption.

An algorithmic execution strategy that spreads a large order over a fixed period to minimize market impact.

A sharp, rapid recovery in asset prices following a steep decline, often driven by a massive liquidity injection.

A specialized database used by AI agents to store and search massive amounts of unstructured data as numerical vectors.

A token model where users lock tokens for a period to gain 'Vote Escrowed' power, aligning long-term holders with protocol governance.

A launchpad and liquidity layer specifically for autonomous AI agents on Base and Solana chains.

The rate at which the price of an asset increases or decreases over a specific period, reflecting market uncertainty.

The average price an asset has traded at throughout the day, based on both volume and price. Used as a benchmark for institutions.

A form of market manipulation where an entity simultaneously buys and sells the same asset to create fake volume/activity.

The illegal practice of trading with oneself to create fake volume and artificial price movement, misleading other traders about real market demand.

A crypto address holding a large volume of assets capable of moving market prices through single transactions.

The practice of monitoring large wallet addresses to detect accumulation, distribution, or unusual on-chain activity that may signal price movements.

A methodology for identifying market phases: Accumulation, Markup, Distribution, and Markdown.

A situation where short-term interest rates are higher than long-term ones, historically a reliable precursor to a recession.

An AI entity dedicated to scanning DeFi protocols for the highest risk-adjusted yield and rotating capital automatically.

A defensive, algorithmic position management style that alternates quickly between stablecoins and risk as volatility spikes.

A cryptographic method that allows one party to prove to another that a statement is true without revealing any additional information.