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Bull Market

A bull market is a prolonged period of rising asset prices, strong investor confidence, and positive market sentiment. In crypto, a bull market is often marked by rapid price increases, increased trading volume, and widespread excitement around tokens, NFTs, and Web3 projects. Bull markets attract new participants and drive innovation,

Bear Market

A bear market is a prolonged period of declining asset prices, negative sentiment, and reduced investor confidence. In crypto, bear markets are characterized by sharp drawdowns, low trading volume, and widespread pessimism across communities and media. They often follow bull markets and can last for months or even years. Bear

Cold Wallet

A cold wallet is a type of cryptocurrency wallet that stores private keys completely offline, making it one of the most secure ways to hold digital assets. Unlike hot wallets, cold wallets are not connected to the internet, which drastically reduces the risk of hacks, malware, or unauthorized access. They

Arbitrum

Arbitrum is a leading layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum, launched in August 2021 by Offchain Labs, aimed at enhancing transaction speed and affordability while leveraging Ethereum’s security. Built on optimistic rollup technology, Arbitrum processes transactions off-chain and submits compressed proofs to Ethereum’s layer-1, achieving high throughput and low

Polygon

Polygon, originally launched as Matic Network in 2017 and rebranded in 2021, is a layer-2 scaling solution and blockchain ecosystem built to enhance Ethereum’s performance. It offers a suite of technologies—including the Polygon Proof-of-Stake (PoS) chain, Polygon zkEVM, and sidechains—to deliver fast, low-cost transactions while maintaining Ethereum

Avalanche

Avalanche is a layer-1 blockchain platform launched in September 2020. Designed for high scalability and speed, it uses a unique consensus mechanism, Avalanche Consensus, to process up to 4,500 transactions per second (TPS) with near-instant finality—often under two seconds. Its architecture features three interoperable chains: the X-Chain for

AVAX

AVAX is the native cryptocurrency of the Avalanche blockchain, a layer-1 platform launched by Ava Labs in September 2020. Introduced during Avalanche’s mainnet debut, AVAX serves as the fuel for transactions, staking, and governance within the network’s ecosystem. The total supply is capped at 720 million tokens. Avalanche