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AllocationRefers to tokens or equity shares reserved for specific investors, team members, groups, or organizations.
Anchoring biasRefers to investors clinging to reference points such as recent highs, thereby misjudging prices after a sharp decline as cheap.
Disposition effectThe tendency of investors to hold underperforming assets while waiting for them to recover, yet sell assets that have already risen relatively quickly.
Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH)An economic theory holding that asset prices reflect all available information, making it difficult for investors to consistently outperform the market.
Initial Coin Offering (ICO)A fundraising method in which new projects raise funds by selling their cryptocurrency to investors.
Initial Public Offering (IPO)The process by which a private company offers its shares to the public for the first time, enabling public investors to buy and sell the company’s stock on the public market.
Weak handsRefers to traders or investors who lack the confidence, conviction, or resources to adhere to a holding plan and are prone to buying or selling based on emotions and short-term events.
bull trapRefers to a situation in which investors expect the trend to turn upward and establish long positions, but the actual reversal does not occur.
index fundsFunds that aim to replicate the performance of a specific index as closely as possible, giving investors indirect exposure to the portfolio of assets represented by that index.
initial coin offering (ICO)A financing method in which a new project sells its cryptocurrency to investors.
BondA debt instrument issued by a government or company, under which investors lend funds and receive interest and repayment of principal at maturity in accordance with the agreed terms.
Cryptocurrency ETFAn exchange-traded fund that allows investors to gain exposure to the relevant market through fund shares without directly holding or managing cryptocurrency.
Market Major PlayersA fictional entity representing the collective behavior of major market participants, such as institutional investors and market makers.
Market SentimentThe overall attitude, views, and emotions held by traders and investors toward a particular financial asset or the market as a whole.
Ponzi schemeA scam that uses funds from new investors to pay purported returns to early participants, without any genuine profit-generating strategy.
Rug pull scamA scam in which project developers attract investors’ funds and then abandon the project, absconding with the funds or liquidity.
Risk premiumThe additional return that investors expect or require for taking on higher risk, relative to low-risk assets.

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Definition

Ponzi scheme

A scam that uses funds from new investors to pay purported returns to early participants, without any genuine profit-generating strategy.

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