Helpful Crypto Abbreviations

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đź“… Feb 22, 2025

✍️ By solowiseugonna

Crypto Abbreviations that you might find useful 🤝

Don't be confused when someone uses some of these abbreviations, check their meaning below 👇

TP = TAKE PROFIT

SL = Stop loss 

B/E = BREAKEVEN 

FOMO = Fear Of Missing Out

BTFD = Buy The Fucking Dip

CT = Crypto Twitter

ATH / ATL = All Time High / Low

FUD = Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt

KYC = Know Your Customer

NFT = Non-Fungible Token

ROI = Return On Investment

HODL = Hold On for Dear Life

DYOR = Do Your Own Research

DEFI = Decentralized Finance

SAFU = Safe

HTF = Higher Time Frame 

LTF = Lower Time Frame

PNL = Profit n Loss

IMO = In My Opinion

AMA= Ask Me Anything

CEX = Centralized Exchange

DEX = Decentralized Exchange

P2P = PEER TO PEER

- GVO - "Good Vibes Only"
- - WAGMI- "We Are Going To Make It" 
- NGMI - "Not Going To Make It"
- - LFG - "Let's Fvking Go!"
- WL - "White List"
- - GM/GN - "Good Morning/Night" 
- DM/PM/DC - "Direct Message/Private Message/Discord"
- - AMA - "Ask me anything"
- PFP - "Profile Picture" 
- - FUD - "Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt" 
- IRL - "In Real Life"
- - DYOR - "Do Your Own Research" 
- IYKYK - "If You Know, You Know" 
- - LG - "Let's Go"
- DW - "Don’t Worry"
- - GZ - "Congratulation" 
- OG - "Outstanding guy / Original Gangster" 
- - SZN - "Season"
- FOMO - "The Fear of Missing Out"
- - GMI - "Gonna Make it"
- TBH - “To be honest” 
- - TBA - “To be announced” 
- - YOLO - “You only live once”
- NFA - “Not Financial Advice” 
- - IDK - “ I don’t knownAirdrop : A new NFT or tokens dropped into your wallet for free.
--Degen : Degenerate. People who do not research and take high risks.

Delist : Cancel the listing of an NFT sale or to remove coin from the market.
DYOR : Do your own research.
AMA : Ask me anything. 
Dev : Developers. People behind a project.
Flip : Buy NFTs at low prices and sell them quickly for profit.
Ape in : Rush into buying an NFT/Token.
Diamond hands : People who holds their Coins/NFTs long-term.
Floor price (FP) : The lowest price which you can buy an NFT / Coin.
Blue chip : A project that will retain high value well into the future.
Dox : People who publicly reveal their identity.
Floor sweeping : The action of buying a large number of the cheapest NFTs listed to raises the floor price.
FOMO : Fear of missing out. People who rush into buying.
P2E : Play to earn games. 
Mint : Buy a completely new NFT from the creator.
Paper hands : People who panic and sell.
Gas fee : The fee needed to make a transaction on a blockchain.
OG : People who support a project since the beginning

CT - Core Team 
ET - Earning Team 
DAPPS - Decentralized applications 
DEFI - Decentralized finance. 
HODL - Hold On for Dear Life (Do not be in a hurry to sell yur coin) 
DAO - Decentralized Autonomous Organization. 
FUD – Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt
FUDster - A person who spreads Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
JOMO - Joy Of Missing Out
FOMO - Fear Of Missing Out
KYC - Know Your Customer
LAMBO - Lamborghini (cryptocurrency term for getting rich)
MOON - Another cryptocurrency term for getting rich
TLT - Think Long Term 
DYOR – Do Your Own Research
AMA - Ask Me Anything
FIAT – Conventional government-issued currency (e.g. US Dollar, Euro)
PnD – Pump-and-Dump scheme
MCAP/mkap – Market Capitalization
DEX – Decentralized Exchange
DLT - Distributed Ledger Technology
CEX – Centralized Exchange
CMC - Coinmarketcap
CG - Coingecko
ALT or Altcoin – Alternative Cryptocurrency (cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin)
BFT – Byzantine Fault Tolerance
2FA – Two Factor Authentication
WP – Whitepaper
PoS – Proof of Stake
PoW – Proof of Work
PoG -- Proof of Governance 
CA   -- Contract Address
SC – Smart Contract
SoV – Store of value
P2P – Peer to Peer
JEET -- someone who comes into a project for a little profit and exit.