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Cryptocurrency Data Glossary

Every term used across this site's data, defined plainly and grounded in real numbers.

All-Time High (ATH)
An all-time high, or ATH, is the highest price an asset has reached since its price record…
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Deleveraging (Liquidation Cascade)
Deleveraging describes a rapid, forced reduction in leveraged positions, typically trigger…
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Drawdown
A drawdown is the decline in an asset's price from a peak to a subsequent trough, measured…
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Funding Rate
A funding rate is a periodic payment exchanged between long and short traders in a perpetu…
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Halving
A halving is a programmed reduction — typically by 50% — in the rate at which new coins ar…
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Open Interest
Open interest is the total number of outstanding derivative contracts (such as perpetual f…
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ROI (Return on Investment)
Return on investment, or ROI, measures the percentage gain or loss on an investment relati…
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Volatility
Volatility measures how much an asset's price fluctuates over time, commonly calculated as…
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