The Cardano Glossary

The accumulation/distribution indicator determines the supply and demand level of a stock/asset/cryptocurrency by multiplying the closing price of a specific period with volume.

Algorithmic Contract Types Unified Standards. A taxonomy and standard for financial contracts.

digital currency of the Cardano blockchain. One ada = 1,000,000 lovelaces.

Adam Back is a world-renowned British cryptographer, cypherpunk and crypto industry figure from the United Kingdom.

A place where cryptocurrency can be sent to and from, in the form of a string of letters and numbers.

Adrestia is a collection of products which makes it easier to integrate with Cardano. It is made of several application programming interfaces (APIs), command-line interfaces (CLIs), and software development kits (SDKs). Alternatively, Adrestia may also refer to the team working on the project itself.

A marketing campaign that distributes a specific cryptocurrency or token to an audience.

A process or set of rules to be followed in problem-solving or calculation operations, usually by a computer.

The highest point (in price, in market capitalization) that a cryptocurrency has been in history. *see All-Time-Low (ATL).

The lowest point (in price, in market capitalization) that a cryptocurrency has been in history. *see All-Time-High (ATH).

As Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency that captured the world’s imagination, all other coins were subsequently termed “altcoins,” as in “alternative coins.”

A person who trades cryptocurrencies alternative to Bitcoin.

Annual percentage yield (APY) is the rate of return gained over the course of a year on a specific investment. Compounding interest, which is computed on a regular basis and applied to the amount, is factored into the APY.

A set of international laws enacted to curtail criminal organizations or individuals laundering money through cryptocurrencies into real-world cash.

API stands for Application Programming Interface. It is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications. APIs specify how software components should interact, such as what data to use and what actions should be taken.

a digital item of property that holds value stored in the distributed ledger. An asset can represent security or utility tokens of fungible or non-fungible nature.

Asset-backed tokens are digital claims on a physical asset and are backed by that asset.

An automated market maker (AMM) is a system that provides liquidity to the exchange it operates in through automated trading.