Free distribution of tokens to addresses, rewarding early users or generating adoption.

The current number of cryptocurrency tokens actively in circulation and held by users.

A crypto market cycle is the repeating pattern of expansion, speculation, decline, and recovery seen across crypto markets over time.

A cryptocurrency designed to reduce its supply over time, usually through token burning.

The reduction in ownership percentage when new tokens are created and added to supply.

The predetermined plan and mechanism for how new tokens are created and released into circulation.

Fully Diluted Valuation (FDV) is the market cap if all possible tokens were in circulation.

A cryptocurrency token that grants holders voting rights in a decentralized autonomous organization or protocol governance.

An increase in cryptocurrency supply over time, which can reduce the value of existing tokens if demand does not grow proportionally.

Token sale fundraising where projects sell newly created tokens to early supporters.

Token launch on decentralized exchanges, enabling permissionless fundraising with price discovery.

The maximum total amount of a cryptocurrency that will ever exist, establishing scarcity and capping inflation.

A cryptocurrency created as a joke or meme that has become a legitimate trading asset despite lacking fundamental utility.

The release of previously locked or vested tokens into circulation, typically triggering market impacts.

Digital representation of value or utility issued on a blockchain.

The division of a project's total token supply among founders, investors, community, and other stakeholders.

The permanent removal of tokens from circulation to increase scarcity and manage a protocol's burn rate.

The ongoing process of releasing and distributing tokens to recipients over time.

The initial moment when a token's supply is created and distributed to its first holders.

The total quantity of tokens in existence, including circulating, locked, and max supply.

Economic model of a token including supply, distribution, incentives, and value capture mechanisms.

The entire amount of tokens that currently exist, including circulating, locked, and vesting tokens.

The portion of a project's token supply reserved for the DAO or project treasury for future use.

A token that provides access to services or features within a protocol or application.

Schedule releasing tokens over time, preventing immediate large supply dumps.

A period during which no tokens unlock or become available, after which vesting begins.