Insights on Crypto Payments, Infrastructure, and Operations

Glossary terms starting with C

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Card-Not-Present Fraud

Card-Not-Present Fraud is unauthorized use of payment-card credentials in a transaction where the physical card is not read or presented to the…

Card-Present Fraud

Card-Present Fraud is unauthorized or deceptive use of a payment card or payment device in a transaction where it is physically presented…

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 Address

A Cardano address encodes network identity and spending or staking credentials used to receive ada and native assets in the UTXO ledger.…

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…

Cardano Network

Cardano Network is a proof-of-stake blockchain using Ouroboros consensus and an extended UTXO ledger for ada, native assets, and smart contracts. Cardano…

Cardless Payment

A cardless payment is completed without using a payment card credential as the payment method. Examples include account-to-account transfers, digital wallet balances,…

Cart Abandonment

Cart abandonment is the behavior or event in which a customer who has created or used a shopping cart leaves without completing…

Cart Abandonment Rate

Cart abandonment rate is the percentage of eligible shopping carts that do not lead to a completed order within a defined time…

Cart Conversion

Cart conversion is the transition of an eligible shopping cart into a completed order under defined business and tracking rules. It can…

Cart Currency

Cart currency is the currency in which a shopping cart’s prices, discounts, taxes, shipping estimates, and total are displayed or calculated. It…

Cart Recovery

Cart recovery is the effort to help a customer resume and complete a previously abandoned cart. It can use saved state, reminders,…

Cart Total

Cart total is the calculated amount currently associated with a shopping cart after applying the merchant’s defined prices, quantities, discounts, taxes, shipping,…

Cart Value

Cart value is the monetary value assigned to the items or commercial opportunity represented by a shopping cart. Depending on the analysis,…

Case Management

Case Management is the controlled workflow for collecting evidence, assigning ownership, documenting analysis, making decisions, and tracking actions for an investigation or…

Cash Management

Cash Management is the planning, control, concentration, movement, and investment of an organization’s cash and near-cash resources. It covers liquidity availability and…

Cash Reconciliation

Cash Reconciliation is the process of proving that physical or recorded cash movements agree with receipts, deposits, registers, bank activity, and ledger…

Cash Settlement

Cash Settlement is the discharge of an obligation through payment of money rather than delivery of the underlying asset, commodity, or instrument.…

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.…

Celer Network (CELR)

Celer Network is an interoperability ecosystem providing cross-chain asset transfer and messaging services, with CELR supporting protocol security and governance. The State…

Censorship Attack

Censorship Attack is an attack or weakness pattern that deliberately prevents selected valid transactions or users from receiving normal processing, confirmation, relay,…

Central Bank Money

Central Bank Money is money that is a direct liability of a central bank, including banknotes and central bank reserve balances used…

Central Limit Order Book

Central Limit Order Book is a centralized electronic book that ranks and matches buy and sell limit orders under defined price, time,…