HODL - Hold On for Dear Life
It refers to the strategy of holding onto cryptocurrencies despite market volatility, rather than selling them.

FOMO - Fear Of Missing Out
The feeling of anxiety that one might miss out on a potentially profitable opportunity

FUD- Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
Refers to false and negative opinions about the crypto market

ATH- All-Time High.

The highest price worth of a cryptocurrency or asset.

DYOR- Do Your Own Research.
Doing your due diligence before making investment decisions in the crypto market.

ICO- Initial Coin Offering
A funding method used by companies to raise money.

Pump and Dump: This refers to the act of falsely inflating the price of crypto to attract buyers(pump), then selling out at that inflated price(dump)

Whale: An individual or entity that holds a large amount of cryptocurrency

Mooning: a term used to describe the upward price rise of a cryptocurrency

Shilling : a marketing strategy of rigorously promoting a cryptocurrency to cause hype, either for personal gains or otherwise.

Bear Market: a trend where prices of cryptocurrencies fall

Bull Market: a trend where prices of cryptocurrencies rise

Altcoin: refers to any cryptocurrency that is not Bitcoin

REKT: “wrecked” refers to a huge loss of crypto assets due to bad trading or poor investment

Liquidity: refers to the ease with which a crypto can be converted to either cash or another crypto.

Whitelist: a list of approved participants with exclusive access to participate in a token sale, presale, or whitelist-only event

Alt Season: A period where cryptocurrencies other than Bitcoin observe a significant rise in market price.

On-Ramp/Off-Ramp: platforms that allow users to convert their fiat to cryptocurrency (on-ramp), or convert cryptocurrency to fiat(off-ramp)