Insights on Crypto Payments, Infrastructure, and Operations

Glossary terms starting with C

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Custody-as-a-Service

Custody-as-a-Service is a managed offering that provides custody capabilities such as wallet infrastructure, key control, policy workflows, transaction operations, and reporting to…

Custom Amount Payment Link

A custom amount payment link is a shareable payment page that lets the payer enter or select the amount instead of using…

Customer API

A customer API lets authorized software create, retrieve, update, or manage customer records and related settings through a controlled programmatic interface. Customer…

Customer Attribution

Customer Attribution is the process of linking a payment event or blockchain transaction to the correct customer identity or customer record. It…

Customer Crypto Payment

A customer crypto payment is a cryptocurrency or stablecoin transfer made by a customer to satisfy a merchant order, invoice, account balance,…

Customer Crypto Payout

A customer crypto payout is an outbound cryptocurrency payment made by a business or platform to a customer. It may represent a…

Customer Crypto Settlement

Customer crypto settlement is the process of completing and recording a crypto-denominated obligation owed to or received from a customer. Depending on…

Customer Order

A customer order is the merchant’s structured record of a customer’s accepted request to buy specified goods, services, subscriptions, or digital access…

Customer Payment Address

Customer Payment Address is a crypto address assigned, registered, or otherwise associated with a particular customer for payment collection or attribution. Its…

Customer Payout

A customer payout is an outbound payment from a business or platform to a customer. It can represent a refund, withdrawal, prize,…

Customer Risk

Customer risk is the potential exposure arising from a customer's identity, activities, behavior, jurisdiction, products, transactions, and relationships. Decision-makers use Customer Risk…

Customer Risk Profile

A Customer Risk Profile is a documented view of a customer’s financial-crime and related risk based on identity, ownership, business activity, geography,…

Customer Risk Rating

Customer Risk Rating is a measurable uncertainty or exposure that classifies or scores the level of risk associated with a customer relationship…

Customer Settlement

Customer settlement is the completion of a financial obligation involving a customer by delivering funds, assets, or a recognized account credit. The…

Customer Wallet

A customer wallet is a wallet or wallet-linked account associated with a specific customer for receiving, holding, sending, or identifying that customer's…

Customer Webhook

A customer webhook is a server notification that reports creation, update, verification, deletion, or other lifecycle events for a customer record. A…

Customer-Based Payment Matching

Customer-Based Payment Matching is a matching method that uses a customer identifier or customer-address relationship as a primary signal for attributing a…

Customer-Specific Payment Link

Customer-Specific Payment Link is a payment link generated or configured for a particular customer, often carrying customer reference, pricing, eligibility, or account…

Cut-off Time

Cut-off time is the latest time an instruction can be received and accepted for processing, settlement, posting, or value on a specified…

CW20

CW20 is a CosmWasm contract interface standard for fungible tokens, defining common balance, transfer, allowance, minting, and query behavior. CW20 tokens are…

CW721

CW721 is a CosmWasm contract interface standard for non-fungible tokens, defining ownership, transfer, approval, metadata, and query behavior. Each NFT collection is…

Cyber Incident

A cyber incident is an event that compromises or threatens digital systems, networks, data, services, identities, or technology-dependent operations. Cyber Incident should…