terminology you should know

 This simply refers to cryptocurrencies or the cryptocurrency market, depending on the context.

 Currency issued by a government, such as the US Dollar, the Euro, or Pounds.

All-Time High. The highest price the coin/token has ever achieved.

 Simply means “hold”. It was misspelled on a forum years back. Some will say that it means “hold on for dear life,” which works as well. 

 This is when a person or company acts in their own self-interests and promotes a coin, token, or project wholeheartedly. They focus only on the positive and tend to ignore or downplay any negative concerns. 

 Fear Of Missing Out. People will see uptrends in the charts, lots of volume being traded, or news and don’t want to miss out on making gains. This can sometimes work for or against people and can result in panic buys, thus causing a temporary spike up in cryptocurrency prices. 

 Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. This is essentially the opposite of “shilling” and causes a lot of negative feelings towards a coin, token, or project. This can cause dips or crashes in prices. 

 When someone says “to the moon!” they generally mean that the price is going to shoot way up. Same thing with “mooning” – If the price has spiked significantly, you can refer to that level as mooning. 

 Just like in stock market terminology, a bull run, bullish market, or bullish trend is when prices are going very well. It can also refer to the future expectation that prices will increase. 

 The opposite of bull / bullish. A bear market or bear trend is when prices are not going well and can refer to the future expectation that prices will decrease. 

 Initial Coin Offering. Just like a company’s IPO (initial public offering), this allows people to get people in on investing in a coin or token before it’s released to the mass public via exchanges.  Market Cap is the  circulating supply of the coin or token multiplied by its current price.