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Market capitalisation

Share price multiplied by shares outstanding: what the market says a company is worth in total. It is…

Ethereum

A blockchain designed to run programs, not just move money. Most stablecoins, DeFi protocols and NFTs launched on…

Cold storage

Keeping private keys on a device that never touches the internet. It defends against remote theft at the…

Primary source

Original material such as a filing, a transcript, a dataset or a first-hand account, as opposed to another…

Circuit breaker

An automatic pause in trading triggered by a sharp move. The aim is to let information spread and…

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