Crypto Withdrawal
A crypto withdrawal is a request to move cryptocurrency or tokens from a custodial platform, merchant balance, or managed wallet to an…
Glossary terms starting with C
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Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP)
A crypto-asset service provider is an entity legally defined to offer specified crypto-asset services, with scope depending on the applicable jurisdiction. Crypto-Asset…
Crypto-Asset White Paper
A Crypto-Asset White Paper is a formal disclosure describing a crypto asset, its issuer or offeror, rights, technology, project, risks, governance, and…
Crypto-Backed Stablecoin
A crypto-backed stablecoin is a token designed to maintain a target value through cryptocurrency pledged as collateral. Because the collateral is usually…
Crypto-Denominated Invoice
A crypto-denominated invoice states the amount due directly in a cryptocurrency or token rather than deriving the payable amount from a fiat…
Crypto-to-Fiat Settlement
Crypto-to-fiat settlement is the process by which cryptocurrency received in a payment flow is converted and delivered to a merchant or beneficiary…
Cryptocurrency
A cryptocurrency is a digital asset whose ownership and transfer are recorded through cryptographic authorization and a distributed or blockchain-based ledger. It…
Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway
A cryptocurrency payment gateway is a service or software layer that lets businesses accept crypto payments through checkout pages, payment links, plugins,…
Cryptocurrency Payment Processor
A cryptocurrency payment processor is a service that handles operational steps required to accept, verify, account for, convert, or settle crypto payments…
Cryptocurrency Security
Cryptocurrency Security is a security mechanism or control discipline that protects digital assets, keys, transactions, wallets, applications, networks, and supporting infrastructure from…
Cryptoeconomic Security
Cryptoeconomic security uses cryptographic verification and economic incentives to make dishonest behavior costly, detectable, or strategically unattractive within decentralized systems. Cryptoeconomic security…
Cryptographic Key Management
Cryptographic Key Management is the lifecycle governance of cryptographic keys and associated metadata, including generation, distribution, storage, access, use, backup, rotation, recovery,…
Cryptographic Security
Cryptographic security is the protection achieved when algorithms, parameters, protocols, keys, implementations, and operations resist defined adversarial capabilities. Cryptographic security describes confidence…
Cryptographic Signature
A cryptographic signature uses a private key to authorize or authenticate data that others can verify with corresponding public information. A cryptographic…
CSRF Token
A CSRF Token is an unpredictable value bound to a user session or request context that a server validates to help prevent…
Currency Localization
Currency localization is the adaptation of prices and monetary displays to a customer’s market or selected currency. It can involve currency choice,…
Currency-Backed Stablecoin
A currency-backed stablecoin is a token intended to maintain value through reserves denominated in one or more official currencies. The backing can…
Currency-Based Payment Routing
Currency-based payment routing sends a transaction to a provider or payment rail selected partly from the transaction, billing, settlement, or account currency.…
Current Transaction Fee
The current transaction fee is the network cost estimated or required to submit a blockchain transaction under present conditions. It depends on…
Custodial Crypto Payment
Custodial Crypto Payment is a crypto payment in which a custodian or platform controls one or both wallets and executes or credits…
Custodial Wallet
A custodial wallet is a wallet service in which a third party controls the private keys or equivalent signing authority on behalf…
Custodian
Custodian is an entity or service responsible for safeguarding assets, private keys, or transaction authority on behalf of another party under an…
Custodian Concentration
Custodian Concentration is the degree to which assets, keys, transactions, liquidity, or operational dependency are placed with one custodian or a small…
Custodian Failure Scenario
Custodian Failure Scenario is a defined stress case describing how a custodian could become unable or unwilling to safeguard, transfer, return, or…