Crypto Exchanges and Trading
Account Freeze
Account Freeze is a platform restriction that blocks withdrawals or trading pending review.
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Crypto Exchanges and Trading
API Trading Key
API Trading Key is credentials allowing software to trade on your behalf — treat like passwords.
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Base Currency
Base Currency is the asset being bought or sold in a trading pair.
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Candlestick Chart
Candlestick Chart is a price chart format; charts do not prove a platform’s legitimacy.
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Centralized Exchange
Centralized Exchange is a company-operated platform that matches trades and often holds customer assets in custody.
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Compliance Hold
Compliance Hold is a temporary restriction while a platform reviews risk or legal obligations.
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Decentralized Exchange
Decentralized Exchange is a protocol that swaps tokens via smart contracts, typically from a user-controlled wallet.
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Deposit Credit Delay
Deposit Credit Delay is time between on-chain confirmations and when an exchange credits an account.
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Funding Rate
Funding Rate is periodic payments between long and short perpetual traders.
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Futures Contract Crypto
Futures Contract Crypto is a derivative to buy or sell an asset at a future time/price with high loss risk.
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KYC On Exchange
KYC On Exchange is identity verification required by many centralized platforms under AML rules.
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Leverage Trading
Leverage Trading is trading with borrowed margin that amplifies gains and losses.
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Limit Order
Limit Order is an order that rests until a specified price or better is available.
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Liquidation
Liquidation is forced closure of a leveraged position when margin falls below maintenance requirements.
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Liquidity Provider
Liquidity Provider is someone who supplies assets to a pool or book and takes on inventory risk.
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Maker Order
Maker Order is an order that adds liquidity to the book and may receive maker fee rebates.
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Margin Call
Margin Call is a demand or automatic process requiring more collateral to keep a leveraged position open.
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Market Order
Market Order is an order to trade immediately at the best available prices.
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Order Book
Order Book is a list of resting bids and asks on an exchange market.
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OTC Desk
OTC Desk is over-the-counter trading for larger sizes negotiated outside the public book.
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P2P Crypto Marketplace
P2P Crypto Marketplace is peer marketplaces matching buyers and sellers, with elevated scam and payment dispute risk.
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Perpetual Contract
Perpetual Contract is a crypto derivative without expiry that uses funding rates and can liquidate positions.
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Price Impact
Price Impact is how much a trade itself moves the pool or market price.
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Proof of Reserves Claim
Proof of Reserves Claim is a platform claim about backing assets; methodology and liabilities matter.
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Quote Currency
Quote Currency is the asset used to price another asset in a trading pair.
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Slippage
Slippage is the difference between expected and executed price when liquidity is thin or markets move.
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Spot Trading
Spot Trading is buying or selling an asset for immediate market settlement rather than a derivative contract.
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Spread
Spread is the gap between best bid and best ask on a market.
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Stop Order
Stop Order is an order that triggers when a stop price is reached, often used for exits.
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Taker Order
Taker Order is an order that removes liquidity by matching resting orders.
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Trading Fee
Trading Fee is fees charged by exchanges or DEXs for matching or routing trades.
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Trading Pair
Trading Pair is two assets quoted against each other on an exchange market.
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Withdrawal Allowlist Delay
Withdrawal Allowlist Delay is a security wait period after adding a new withdrawal address.
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Withdrawal Fee
Withdrawal Fee is a fee a custodial platform charges to send assets to an external address.
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