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Cryptocurrencies, Tokens & Stablecoins

Digital assets, token standards, cryptocurrencies and stablecoins.

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Buyback and Burn

Buyback and Burn is a token-supply policy in which a project uses treasury funds, protocol revenue, or another funding source to acquire…

Canonical Token

A canonical token is the officially recognized or primary representation of an asset on a particular blockchain or within a cross-chain system.…

Carbon Credit Token

A carbon credit token is a blockchain-based representation connected to a carbon credit or an interest in a pool of credits. It…

Cardano (ADA)

ADA is the native cryptocurrency of the Cardano proof-of-stake blockchain. It is used for transaction fees, minimum-value requirements in outputs, staking and…

Cardano Native Token

A Cardano native token is a fungible or non-fungible asset tracked directly by the Cardano ledger without requiring a custom token contract…

Cash-Backed Stablecoin

A cash-backed stablecoin is a stablecoin whose backing consists entirely or primarily of cash and demand deposits denominated in the reference currency.…

Centralized Stablecoin

A centralized stablecoin is a token intended to maintain a stable value through an identifiable issuer or administrator that manages reserves, minting,…

Circulating Supply

Circulating supply is an estimate of the number of coin or token units considered publicly available and economically circulating at a given…

Claim Token

A claim token is a token that represents a right to receive another asset, payment, allocation, service, or settlement outcome under defined…

Coin

A coin is the native fungible digital asset of a blockchain, created and accounted for by the base protocol rather than issued…

Collateralized Stablecoin

A collateralized stablecoin is a token designed to maintain a target value through assets pledged as backing. The collateral can be fiat…

Collectible NFT

Collectible NFT is a non-fungible token designed primarily to be acquired, displayed, traded, or completed as part of a collection because of…

Commercial Bank Money Token

A commercial bank money token is a digital token representing money issued as a liability of a commercial bank. It can be…

Commodity-Backed Stablecoin

A commodity-backed stablecoin is a token intended to maintain a stable relationship with a commodity such as gold, silver, or another standardized…

Commodity-Backed Token

A commodity-backed token is a digital token representing ownership, a contractual claim, or price exposure linked to a commodity such as gold,…

Community Token

A community token is a digital token created to coordinate membership, governance, rewards, identity, funding, or economic activity within a community. It…

Compliant Token

A compliant token is a token designed and operated to satisfy specified legal, regulatory, contractual, or platform requirements. It may enforce identity…

Composable NFT

Composable NFT is an NFT whose state, ownership structure, components, permissions, or functionality can interact with other tokens or smart contracts to…

Compressed NFT

Compressed NFT is an NFT represented using cryptographic state-compression techniques so that large collections can be created and updated with substantially lower…

Confidential Stablecoin

A confidential stablecoin is a stablecoin designed to conceal selected transaction details, such as transfer amounts, balances, or participant information, while preserving…

Cosmos (ATOM)

ATOM is the native staking and governance asset of the Cosmos Hub, one blockchain within the broader Cosmos ecosystem. It is used…

Credit Token

A credit token is a token that represents a credit balance, lending claim, borrowing capacity, or right to receive value under a…

Cross-Chain Stablecoin

A cross-chain stablecoin is a stablecoin designed to move or maintain recognized representations across multiple blockchain networks through a defined interoperability mechanism.…