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Custody
Custody is the retention of assets on someone else's behalf.
Cryptography
Cryptography is the process of encoding data to make it unreadable for unauthorized parties.
Cryptocurrency
A cryptocurrency is a digital currency that can be exchanged securely thanks to cryptography.
Credentials
Credentials are a person's private data that permit identification or provide access to a certain service or resource.
CPI: Consumer price index
The CPI is an economic index calculated as the weighted average of consumer goods and services in a basket.
Confluence
Confluence is the simultaneous use of different investment strategies in a single consistent strategic plan.
Confirmation time
Confirmation time is the time interval between the issuance and addition of a transaction within a blockchain.
CFTC
The CFTC is an independent US regulatory agency that regulates US derivatives market.
Collateralization
Collateralization is the process of putting down a valuable asset in exchange for receiving a loan.
Collateral
Collateral is a form of assurance that protects a lender in case a borrower is unable to repay his debt
Coin
Coins are digital cryptocurrencies that run autonomously on their own blockchain platforms.
Cloud
Cloud is a bundle of computer servers accessed via the internet.
Circulating Supply
Capitulation
Capitulation is the action of selling your assets whilst their value is going down in disbelief that their price will increase again.
Candlestick
Candlesticks are specific charts that investors use to track the changing prices of an asset over an interval of time.
Cipher
An algorithm to encrypt and decrypt data is a cipher.
Centralized
A centralized structure is one where the whole network is assigned to a particular node or a limited amount of them.
Censorship Resistance
The notion that no party can protect anybody from joining in a given platform or network is a reference to censor resistance.