Crypto / Market Psychology
How incentives, market structure and collective behavior shape participation in crypto markets.
Altcoin
Altcoin is a common label for a cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin, covering assets with widely different designs and purposes.
Bear Market
A bear market is a sustained period of broadly falling prices in a market, commonly accompanied by weaker confidence and reduced appetite for risk.
Bitcoin
Bitcoin is a digital asset and payment network whose participants verify transactions against shared protocol rules without a central issuer.
Bull Market
A bull market is a sustained period of broadly rising prices in a market, commonly accompanied by optimism and willingness to take risk.
Crypto
Crypto is a broad label for digital assets and systems using cryptography and distributed ledgers to record holdings, transfers or other activity.
Diamond Hands
Diamond hands is market slang praising someone for continuing to hold an asset despite volatility, losses or pressure to sell.
FOMO
FOMO means fear of missing out: the anxiety that others are gaining an experience or opportunity that you are losing by not participating.
FUD
FUD stands for fear, uncertainty and doubt. In markets, it can describe negative sentiment or be used to dismiss claims seen as damaging to an asset.
HODL
HODL is crypto slang for holding an asset through price fluctuations rather than selling, commonly associated with a long-term commitment.
Leverage
Leverage uses borrowing or financial instruments to create exposure larger than the capital committed, magnifying gains and losses relative to that capital.
Liquidity
Market liquidity is the ability to buy or sell an asset promptly, in meaningful size, without causing a large change in its price.
Memecoin
A memecoin is a crypto asset built around a meme, character or cultural theme, with demand often closely tied to attention and community participation.
Paper Hands
Paper hands is a dismissive market expression for someone who sells quickly or is seen as unable to tolerate volatility.
Pump and Dump
A pump and dump is a manipulation scheme that inflates an asset's price through misleading promotion or coordinated activity so organizers can sell into the demand.
Rug Pull
Rug pull is a common crypto term for a scheme in which insiders exploit control to remove funds, withdraw liquidity or abandon commitments at other participants' expense.
Stablecoin
A stablecoin is a crypto asset designed to track a reference value, commonly a currency such as the US dollar.
Whale
Whale is market slang for a holder or participant with a position large enough to matter to a particular asset or market.