Crash Course — A Glossary for the ‘Crypto Winter’: QuickTake

December 6, 2022, 4:35 PM UTC

The crypto community has a lexicon of buzzwords and slang that can seem like a foreign language to the uninitiated. When digital assets crashed in 2022 and euphoria gave way to dejection, the terminology evolved too. Here’s a guide to some new -- and old -- terms to know.

● Crypto winter

This reference to a prolonged decline in crypto markets was used for the 2018 slump that wiped as much as 88% off the market value of all crypto assets. It reemerged in 2022 as digital tokens collapsed again, with Bitcoin falling 76% from its peak in November 2021 ...

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