🔑 Crypto terms you need to know in 2025 (Web3) 🧵
The crypto world is full of abbreviations — miss one and you'll find yourself lost in meaning and translation.
Here's a quick guide to confidently speak the language of professionals in Web3! 👇 Follow along 👇
1️⃣ Decentralized Finance and Trading
🔹 DeFi – Decentralized Finance (financial services without banks)
🔹 DEX – Decentralized Exchange (trading without intermediaries like Uniswap)
🔹 CEX – Centralized Exchange (like Binance and Coinbase)
🔹 TVL – Total Value Locked (total funds within DeFi protocols)
🔹 APY – Annual Percentage Yield 💰
2️⃣ Market Movements
📈 ATH – All-Time High (highest recorded price)
📉 BTD – Buy The Dip
🔥 FOMO – Fear Of Missing Out
😨 FUD – Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (spreading false negativity)
💎 HODL – Hold On for Dear Life (hold the currency no matter what – a signal of patience and perseverance)
🧵 3/7 👇
3️⃣ Blockchain Technologies
⚡️ L1 / L2 – Layer 1 (like Ethereum) / Layer 2 (like Arbitrum, for scaling solutions)
🔐 PoW – Proof of Work (Bitcoin's security system)
🔄 PoS – Proof of Stake (Ethereum 2.0, a more energy-efficient option)
🤖 DAO – Decentralized Autonomous Organization (projects managed by the community)
📲 dApp – Decentralized Application (operates on blockchain instead of traditional servers)
🧵 4/7 ⬇️
4️⃣ Crypto Culture
🌞 GM – Good Morning (daily greeting in crypto Twitter)
🚀 WAGMI – We All Gonna Make It (strong optimistic energy)
💀 NGMI – Not Gonna Make It (mockery of bad decisions)
🔍 DYOR – Do Your Own Research (a fundamental advice before any investment)
🧵 5/7 👇
5️⃣ Regulatory Matters
🆔 KYC – Know Your Customer (identity verification on trading platforms)
🚫 AML – Anti-Money Laundering (compliance and transparency laws)
💸 ICO – Initial Coin Offering (early funding for projects)
🏦 CBDC – Central Bank Digital Currency (government-issued crypto version)
🪙 TGE – Token Generation Event
