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Security Token Offering (STO)

A Security Token Offering is a fundraising or asset-distribution process in which an issuer sells blockchain tokens representing regulated securities or investment…

Seigniorage-Style Stablecoin

A seigniorage-style stablecoin attempts to maintain its target price through rules that expand supply when the token trades above the target and…

Semi-Fungible Token

A semi-fungible token is an asset that is interchangeable with equivalent units during part of its lifecycle but becomes unique or non-interchangeable…

Single-Chain Stablecoin

A single-chain stablecoin is issued and officially supported on only one blockchain network. Its supply, transfers, and smart-contract behavior are contained within…

Social Token

A social token is a digital token associated with a creator, community, brand, club, or online network and used for access, rewards,…

Solana (SOL)

Solana is the native digital asset of the Solana blockchain and is used for transaction fees, account funding, staking, and value transfer.…

Soulbound Token (SBT)

A Soulbound Token is a non-transferable or account-bound token used to represent identity, reputation, credentials, achievements, affiliations, or permissions. The issuer mints…

SPL Token

An SPL token is a fungible or non-fungible asset managed through a Solana token program and identified by a mint account. The…

Stable Value Token

A stable value token is a broad term for a token designed to maintain relatively consistent value against a currency, asset, index,…

Stablecoin

A stablecoin is a digital token designed to maintain a relatively stable value against a currency, commodity, asset, index, or defined unit.…

Stablecoin Administrator

Stablecoin Administrator is the person, entity, governance system, or privileged role responsible for one or more administrative functions such as issuance, redemption,…

Stablecoin Attestation Provider

A stablecoin attestation provider is an independent accounting firm or qualified assurance practitioner that examines a defined assertion about a stablecoin, commonly…

Stablecoin Authorized Participant

A stablecoin authorized participant is an approved institution permitted to mint, redeem, distribute, or otherwise interact directly with a stablecoin issuer’s primary…

Stablecoin Collateral Ratio

A stablecoin collateral ratio compares the current value of collateral supporting a stablecoin debt position or system with the amount of stablecoins…

Stablecoin Distribution Partner

A stablecoin distribution partner is a business that helps an issuer make a stablecoin available to customers, markets, applications, or geographic regions.…

Stablecoin Eligible Reserve

A stablecoin eligible reserve is an asset that an issuer is permitted to hold as backing under its legal framework, regulatory regime,…

Stablecoin Issuer

A stablecoin issuer is the company, bank, trust, protocol, decentralized organization, or smart-contract system responsible for creating and managing a stablecoin. The…

Stablecoin Liquidation Ratio

A stablecoin liquidation ratio is the minimum collateralization level a debt position must maintain before the protocol can liquidate its collateral. If…

Stablecoin Market Price

A stablecoin market price is the price at which the token trades on exchanges, automated market makers, brokers, or over-the-counter venues. It…

Stablecoin Minting and Redemption

Stablecoin minting and redemption are the primary-market processes that create tokens when eligible value enters the system and remove tokens when holders…

Stablecoin Minting Partner

A stablecoin minting partner is an approved institution that helps originate stablecoin issuance by collecting eligible funds, completing required checks, submitting mint…

Stablecoin Omnibus Reserve

A stablecoin omnibus reserve is a pooled reserve arrangement in which assets backing many token holders are held collectively rather than in…

Stablecoin Oracle Price

A stablecoin oracle price is a price value supplied to smart contracts for a stablecoin or its reference asset. Protocols use it…

Stablecoin Overcollateralization Ratio

Stablecoin Overcollateralization Ratio is the percentage by which collateral value exceeds the stablecoin debt or supply it supports. A position backed by…