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Usual Governance Token (USUAL)

Usual Governance Token (USUAL) is the governance and ownership token of the Usual Protocol. Official protocol documentation describes USUAL as the asset…

Utility Token

A utility token is a digital token designed to provide access, functionality, discounts, resources, services, rewards, or participation inside a network or…

Vested Token Supply

Vested Token Supply is the portion of token allocations for which beneficiaries have satisfied the applicable time, service, milestone, or other vesting…

Vote-Escrowed Token

A vote-escrowed token is a governance position issued or recorded when a user locks tokens for a chosen duration to receive time-weighted…

Whitelisted Token

A whitelisted token is a token whose minting, holding, transfer, redemption, or application use is limited to addresses or entities approved under…

Wholesale Deposit Token

Wholesale Deposit Token is a tokenized commercial bank deposit designed primarily for transfers and settlement among banks, financial institutions, large corporates, or…

Wholesale Stablecoin

Wholesale Stablecoin is a stablecoin designed for institutional, interbank, treasury, capital-market, or large-value settlement use, usually with restricted onboarding, higher transaction sizes,…

Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC)

Wrapped Bitcoin, or WBTC, is a multichain tokenized representation designed to be backed one-to-one by native Bitcoin held through authorized custodial arrangements.…

Wrapped Ether (WETH)

Wrapped Ether, or WETH, is an ERC-20-compatible representation of native ETH used by smart contracts and decentralized applications that expect token-standard interfaces.…

Wrapped NFT

Wrapped NFT is a token representation created by locking, escrowing, or otherwise controlling an original NFT and issuing a corresponding NFT on…

Wrapped Staked Token

A wrapped staked token is a non-rebasing or standardized wrapper around a staked or liquid-staking asset. The wrapper holds or accounts for…

Wrapped Token

A wrapped token is a tokenized representation of another asset created to provide compatibility with a different standard, application, blockchain, or account…

XRP

XRP is the native cryptocurrency of the XRP Ledger and is used for transaction fees, account reserves, payments, decentralized exchange activity, and…

Yen Stablecoin

A yen stablecoin is a digital token designed to maintain a value close to one Japanese yen through fiat reserves, bank deposits,…

Yield-Bearing Stablecoin

A yield-bearing stablecoin is a stable-value crypto asset whose holder can receive a return through interest, rebasing, reward distribution, reserve-income sharing, lending,…