Crypto & Finance Glossary
Your guide to understanding cryptocurrency and finance terminology. From Bitcoin basics to advanced DeFi concepts.
Showing 1–29 of 29 terms starting with "F"
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Fair Launch
cryptocurrencyA token launch where everyone has equal opportunity to buy, with no pre-mine, team allocation, or insider advantages.
Fantom
blockchainA Layer 1 blockchain using a DAG-based consensus mechanism called Lachesis for high speed and low fees.
FDV to Market Cap Ratio
tradingThe ratio between a token's fully diluted valuation and its current market cap.
Fear & Greed Index
tradingA metric that measures market sentiment on a scale from extreme fear to extreme greed.
Federal Reserve (Fed)
macroThe central bank of the United States that sets monetary policy.
Few Understand
cryptocurrencyA phrase used after sharing an insight or take that the speaker believes is deeply important but not widely recognized.
Fiat Currency
macroGovernment-issued money that isn't backed by a physical commodity like gold.
Fibonacci Retracement
tradingA technical analysis tool that uses horizontal lines at key percentages (23.
Finality
blockchainThe guarantee that a blockchain transaction can't be reversed or altered once confirmed.
Flash Crash
tradingA sudden, severe price drop that happens within minutes or even seconds, often caused by cascading liquidations or a large sell order on thin order books.
Flash Loan
defiAn uncollateralized loan that must be borrowed and repaid within a single blockchain transaction.
Flash Loan Attack
defiAn exploit that uses flash loans to borrow massive amounts without collateral, manipulate markets or protocol mechanics within a single transaction, profit from the manipulation, repay the loan, and keep the profit.
Flashbots
blockchainA research organization and infrastructure provider that tries to make MEV extraction more fair and transparent.
Flippening
cryptocurrencyThe hypothetical moment when Ethereum's market cap surpasses Bitcoin's.
Flippening
cryptocurrencyThe hypothetical moment when Ethereum's market cap surpasses Bitcoin's.
Floor Price
cryptocurrencyThe lowest price at which an NFT in a collection is listed for sale.
FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)
tradingThe anxiety that others are profiting from an opportunity you're missing.
Forced Inclusion
blockchainA mechanism on Layer 2 rollups that allows users to submit transactions directly to the L1 chain if the L2 sequencer is censoring them.
Fork
blockchainA change to a blockchain's protocol that creates a new version.
Formal Verification
blockchainA mathematical approach to proving that smart contract code behaves exactly as intended for all possible inputs.
Fraud Proof
blockchainA mechanism used by optimistic rollups to verify transactions.
Fraud Window
blockchainThe challenge period in optimistic rollups during which anyone can submit a fraud proof if they detect an invalid state transition.
Frax
defiA stablecoin protocol that originally used a fractional reserve model, partially backed by collateral and partially by its algorithm.
Front-Running
defiPlacing a transaction ahead of someone else's known pending trade to profit from the price impact.
FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt)
tradingNegative information spread to scare people into selling.
Fully Diluted Valuation (FDV)
cryptocurrencyA project's theoretical market cap if all tokens were in circulation.
Fundamental Analysis
tradingEvaluating an asset based on its underlying value rather than price patterns.
Funding Rate
tradingA periodic payment between long and short traders in perpetual futures markets that keeps the contract price close to spot price.
Futures
tradingContracts to buy or sell an asset at a specific price on a future date.
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