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Our cryptocurrency glossary helps you decipher crypto jargon back into plain English. Learn the terms that you’ll come across on your crypto journey.

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Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS)

An international standards-setting and financial stability authority made up of 45 members representing 28 countries from around the world. Regarding cryptocurrency asset regulation, the Committee makes suggestions to banks on how to limit their exposure to crypto asset risk, in the form of varying capital requirements for different types of cryptocurrencies, such as stablecoins, or tokenized sticks, or non-stablecoin not-tokenized cryptocurrencies like bitcoin (BTC) and most altcoins

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Terms that start with “I”

  1. Immutability

    A core feature of blockchains that makes their ledgers, the data record of transactions, unchangeable and unalterable. Immutability drives the trustworthiness and integrity of blockchain data as chain transactions and rulesets are protected from fraud, hacking and other wrongdoing.

  2. Initial Coin Offering (ICO)

    A token sale or crowdfunding event offered by cryptocurrency startups, existing projects, and blockchains, looking to raise money from investors to fund new and ongoing development. It’s very similar to initial public offerings (IPO) that take place in the traditional finance world of stocks. ICOs sometimes offer pre-sale or discounted token prices in exchange for capital investment.

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