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Glossary of commonly found crypto terms, acronyms, profiles, and useful resources.

What Are Funding Rates?

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Funding rates are periodic payments exchanged between buyers (longs) and sellers (shorts) in perpetual futures contracts. Unlike traditional futures with an expiration date, perpetual futures contracts are designed to never expire, mimicking spot market trading. How Funding Rates Work Funding rates help maintain price alignment between the perpetual contract and the underlying asset’s spot price. They act as a balancing mechanism...

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What Are Ethereum ETFs?

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Ethereum Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) are investment vehicles that track the price of Ether (ETH), the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain. Unlike directly buying and storing ETH, which can be complex, ETFs offer a simplified way to gain exposure to this digital asset through traditional brokerage accounts. How Ethereum ETFs Function? Ethereum ETFs typically fall into two categories: Spot ETFs: These directly hold...

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Bitcoin Futures

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What Are Bitcoin Futures? Bitcoin futures are financial contracts obligating the buyer to purchase, or the seller to sell, a specific amount of Bitcoin at a predetermined price on a future date. These contracts allow investors to speculate on the future price of Bitcoin without needing to own the cryptocurrency itself. Bitcoin futures are traded on regulated exchanges, such as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the Intercontinental...

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OFF-CHAIN ​​TRANSACTION

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The term refers to an operation that occurs outside the main infrastructure of a blockchain. In the context of cryptocurrencies, this implies that the transaction is carried out privately or semi-privately and is possible thanks to scalability solutions and second level layers, such as payment channels or sidechains, which allow users to carry out a series of transactions “off” the main chain before recording the results on the public...

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ON-BALANCE VOLUME (OBV)

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It is a technical indicator used in crypto business analysis and other financial markets to measure the buying and selling pressure behind a particular asset. It was originally developed by Joseph Granville and is based on the premise that changes in trading volume can precede significant movements in the price of an asset. Calculating On-Balance Volume involves adding or subtracting the trading volume of the asset based on the price...

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