Oracles (Also Called Blockchain Oracles)
Oracles (Also Called Blockchain Oracles)

Also known as Blockchain Oracles, Oracles are third-party services that provide Smart Contracts that come with external information. These serve the cause of bridging blockchains and the world that lies outside them. For a number…

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Options Market
Options Market

The Options Market pertains to the public market for options. This type of market gives the buyer an option to either purchase of sell a cryptocurrency at a specific strike price. This would be done…

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Maximum Supply
Maximum Supply

The Maximum Supply of a cryptocurrency pertains to the maximum number of coins or tokens that are in circulation and those that have yet to be created. It is differentiated from “Total Supply” which only…

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Masternodes (Also Spelt, “Master Nodes”)
Masternodes (Also Spelt, “Master Nodes”)

Masternodes are also full nodes. What separates them from these nodes is that Masternodes incentivize node operators giving them the ability to administer core consensus functions upon running a blockchain. Masternodes also serve the purpose…

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Issuance
Issuance

The term, “issuance” refers to the creation and distributing of something to an audience. Within the context of cryptocurrency trading, issuance pertains to the production of new crypto tokens or coins through various ways with…

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Isolated Margin
Isolated Margin

An Isolated Margin pertains to the Margin Balance that is allotted to a certain position. The Isolated Margin mode permits traders risk management of individual positions that they choose to open. This is done through…

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IOU
IOU

Sounding much like what it actually means, the acronym simply stands for the phrase, “I owe you”, an informal document that details and acknowledges the accumulation of debt one party owes another party. The debt…

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HODL
HODL

Backronymed as “Hold On For Dear Life”, the term “Hodl” was actually an erroneous entry in a subject lodged on the Bitcoin Forum. The subject in question was “I AM HODLING” pertaining to holding a…

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High-frequency Trading (HFT)
High-frequency Trading (HFT)

High-Frequency Trading or simply, HFT, pertains to a classification of algorithmic trading that is engaged in the execution of huge volumes of orders that are launched within a short span of time.  Traders who delve…

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