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CRYPTO SLANG & BASICS

FR – for real

NGL – not gonna lie

TBH – to be honest

IRL – in real life

FYI – for your information

TMI – too much information

ICYMI – in case you missed it

RN – right now

IYKYK – if you know, you know

W – win(s)

L – loss(es)

AF / ASF – as fck

GM / GN – good morning / good night

LFG – let’s f**king go

HFSP – have fun staying poor

FAFO – fck around and find out

CRYPTO / WEB3 TERMS

CT – crypto Twitter

CA – contract address

DApp – decentralized application

LP – liquidity provider / pool

EV – expected value

TVL – total value locked

MC – market cap

FDV – fully diluted valuation

DAO – decentralized autonomous organization

2FA – two-factor authentication

RWA – real-world assets

AML – anti-money laundering

CBDC – central bank digital currency

CeFi – centralized finance

DeFi – decentralized finance

DEX – decentralized exchange

CEX – centralized exchange

EVM – Ethereum Virtual Machine

DCA – dollar-cost averaging

DYOR – do your own research

ETF – exchange-traded fund

GTD – guaranteed

GWEI – gigawei

INFOFI – information finance

ICO – initial coin offering

IEO – initial exchange offering

STO – security token offering

KYC – know your customer

NFT – non-fungible token

NFA – not financial advice

P2P – peer-to-peer

PND – pump and dump

PoS – proof of stake

PoW – proof of work

TA – technical analysis

TL – timeline

TF – time frame

WL – whitelist

ZK – zero-knowledge

DEPIN – decentralized physical infrastructure networks

LAYERS & NETWORKS

L1 – Layer 1

Foundational blockchains that finalize transactions

(e.g. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana)

L2 – Layer 2

Built on L1 to improve speed, cost, and scalability

without sacrificing security

If you understand this list,

you’re no longer “new” — you’re armed.