#TradingPairs101

🔄 What Is a Trading Pair?

A trading pair is a market between two different assets that you can trade against each other.

• Example: BTC/USDT

This pair lets you trade Bitcoin (BTC) for Tether (USDT) and vice versa.

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💱 How to Read a Trading Pair

• The first currency is the base currency (what you’re buying or selling).

• The second currency is the quote currency (what you’re using to buy/sell the base).

So, if BTC/USDT = 68,000:

• You need 68,000 USDT to buy 1 BTC.

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🔁 Common Crypto Trading Pair Types

1. Crypto-to-Fiat Pairs

• Example: BTC/USD, ETH/EUR

• Trade crypto for real-world money

2. Crypto-to-Stablecoin Pairs

• Example: ETH/USDT, BTC/USDC

• Offers less volatility vs fiat

3. Crypto-to-Crypto Pairs

• Example: ETH/BTC, SOL/ETH

• Used to swap one token for another