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Crypto Glossary
961 crypto, Web3, and DeFi terms: plain-English definitions from the Block Insider editorial desks.
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- COMP Token
- CPU Miner
- Call Options
- Candidate Block
- Candlestick
- Candlesticks
- Capitulation
- Casascius Coin
- Cascading Liquidations
- CashToken
- Casper (Ethereum)
- CeDeFi
- Censorship
- Censorship Resistance
- Censorship-resistance
- Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
- Central Ledger
- Centralized
- Centralized Exchange
- Centralized Exchange (CEX)
- Centre (Consortium)
- Chain Reorganization
- Chain Split
- Change Address
- Changpeng Zhao (CZ)
- Chunk (NEAR)
- Cipher
- Ciphertext
- Circulating Supply
- Cloud Mining
- Coin
- Coin Mixer
- Coin-Margined Trading
- Coinbase
- Coinbase Transaction
- Cold Storage
- Cold Wallet
- Collaborative Venture Building (CVB)
- Collateral
- Collateral Cap
- Collateral Factor
- Collateral Margin
- Collateral Tokens
- Collateralization
- Collateralized Debt Position (CDP)
- Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO)
- Collateralized Stablecoin
- Colocation
- Commingling
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
- Composability (DeFi)
- Composable DeFi
- Composable Token
- Concentrated Liquidity
- Confirmation
- Confirmation Time
- Confirmations
- ConsenSys
- Consensus
- Consensus Algorithm
- Consensus Layer
- Consensus Mechanism
- Consortium Blockchain
- Contract Account
- Coordinator
- Core Wallet
- Correction
- Craig Wright
- Cross Margin
- Cross-Border Trading
- Cross-Chain
- Cross-Chain Bridges
- Cross-Chain Communication
- Cross-chain Contract Calls
- Crowdloan
- Crypto Debit Card
- Crypto ETFs
- Crypto Fear and Greed Index
- Crypto Invoicing
- Crypto Loan
- Crypto Protocol
- Crypto Winter
- CryptoPunks
- Cryptoasset
- Cryptocurrency
- Cryptocurrency Money Laundering
- Cryptocurrency Pairs
- Cryptographic Hash Function
- Cryptography
- Cryptojacking
- Cryptology
- Curve AMO
- Custodian
- Custody
- Cypherpunk