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1,343 crypto, Web3, and DeFi terms — plain-English definitions from the BlockInsider editorial desks.
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- AI Coins
- API
- AR Token (Arweave)
- ASIC
- ASIC-Resistant
- Abenomics
- Abnormal Return
- Absolute Advantage
- Absolute Return
- Abstract
- Abstraction Scalability
- Accepting Risk (Acceptance)
- Account
- Account Abstraction
- Account Balance
- Account Number
- Accountability
- Accounting Conservatism
- Accounting Method
- Accounting Token
- Accredited Investors
- Accretion (of a Discount)
- Accrual Accounting
- Accrue
- Accrued Income
- Accrued Interest
- Accrued Liabilities
- Accrued Revenue
- Accumulation Phase
- Acid Test Ratio
- Acquisition
- Acquisition Cost
- Acquisition Premium
- Active Management
- Activist Investor
- Ad Hoc
- Adam Back
- Adaptive State Sharding
- Address
- Administrative Expenses
- Adoption Curve
- Advance/Decline Line (A/D Line)
- Aeternity Blockchain
- Affiliate
- Affiliate Marketing
- Agency Problem
- Agency Theory
- Agent
- Aggregate Demand
- Aggressive Investment Strategy
- Air Gap
- Airdrop
- Airnode
- Alan Greenspan
- Algo-Trading (Algorithmic Trading)
- Algorithm
- Algorithmic Market Operations (AMOs)
- Algorithmic Stablecoin
- All Risks Coverage
- All or None Order (AON)
- All-Time High (ATH)
- All-Time-High (ATH)
- All-Time-Low (ATL)
- Allocated Gold
- Allocation
- Allocation Efficiency
- Allotment
- Alpha
- Alphanumeric
- Altcoin
- Altcoin Trader
- Alternative Investments
- Amalgamation
- Amazon S3
- Amended Return
- Anarcho-capitalism
- Angel Investor
- Animal Spirits
- Annual Percentage Rate (APR)
- Annual Percentage Yield (APY)
- Annual Report
- Annualized Rate of Return
- Anonymous
- Anti Money Laundering (AML)
- Anti-Fragile
- Anti-Malware
- Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
- Anti-dump/Anti-Dumping Policy
- Antitrust Law
- Antivirus
- Antpool
- Apeing
- Application Layer
- Application Programming Interface (API)
- Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)
- Arbitrage
- Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT)
- Arbitrageur
- Arm Virtual Machine (Qtum)
- Aroon Indicator
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Ascending Channel
- Ashdraked
- Asset
- Asset Class
- Asset Financing
- Asset Management
- Asset Swap
- Asset-Backed Tokens
- Asset-Based Approach
- Asset-Based Lending
- Assets Under Management (AUM)
- Asynchronous
- Atomic Swap
- AtomicDEX
- Attack surface
- Attestation Ledger
- Auction
- Audit
- Auditor
- Augmented Reality (AR)
- Authentication
- Authority Masternode (VeChain)
- Automated Market Maker (AMM)
- Autonomous Economic Agent (AEA)
- Average Annual Growth Rate (AAGR)
- Average Annual Return (AAR)
- Average Daily Trading Volume (ADTV)
- Average Directional Index (ADX)
- Average Return
- Average Selling Price (ASP)
- aNFT (Autonomous NFT)
