Six lesser-known terms that all crypto investors should know

Highlights

• Terms used in the crypto market are different from terms used in traditional equity market
• Knowledge of crypto terminologies is crucial if you want to invest in this space
• Generally, new terms in crypto market evolve from a meme, for example HODL

For some investors the crypto space is a new world altogether. This world is quite different from the traditional equity and bond markets. Terminologies used here are also very different. Since the crypto market is evolving, new terms in the cryptocurrency space are also emerging.

If you are new to the crypto market, the first and most important step is to get acquainted with all the terminologies, old and new, to understand the crypto world better. If you have been investing in crypto for quite a long time, you must know that keeping up with the trend is essential. Gaining an idea about the lesser-known crypto terms seems a good idea because there are a few terms that might appear like alien to both traditional and new investors.  

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Here are some lesser-known terminologies every digital asset investor must know.

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Normi – In the crypto market space, normies are those who have a traditional mindset and choose to stay away from these digital assets. These people are sceptical about the market either because of suspicion or confusion.

Noob – Generally, Noob stands for the newcomers or the Newbie in a community. In the crypto space, Noobs are those people who lack the proper understanding of the technology, how the market functions or how cryptocurrencies work. These people just enter the market and follow the trend.  

A slang, Noob Trap, also evolved. It stands for the manipulation of the newbies for personal advantage as they are easy prey since they do not have sufficient knowledge about the market.

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FOLE – FOLE and FOMO are opposite words. FOMO is fear of missing out, and FOLE is Fear of losing everything. FOLE can be described as a psychological phenomenon in which the investor starts selling off their crypto holdings as soon as they observe any major fall in the market. They generally have a feeling that cryptocurrencies may lose all their values without any rational behind it.

In FOMO, the investors start buying the digital asset as they see a surge in the prices of bitcoins or altcoins. They fear that they might miss the boat, and therefore, they start buying without much thought.

Hopium – Hopium is a combination of hope and opium. It is a kind of drug that keeps an investor's hope high that prices will move in a specific direction, either up or down. The feelings of the traders are based on personal hypotheses and not on fundamentals or any valid reasoning. Here, fundamentals stand for the technical factors that can impact the prices of tokens.

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HODL – This term, which is derived from a misspelling of the term “hold” stands for “hold on for dear life” in the crypto space. HODL can be understood as an investment strategy in which the investor does not sell their coins in any circumstances. They do not give any consideration to the market factors like volatility or a new trend. Generally, the term is used for bitcoins.

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After the popularity of the term, the HODL cryptocurrency was introduced. This token is operated on the Binance Smart Chain.

Shills -Shills is a group or person paid to promote a specific cryptocurrency to attract investors' interest or inflate its value. The end goal of these people is to pump up the prices and make a profit out of it. It can involve unnecessary means as well.

Shills can drive FOMO and show that certain currency has more value than they think.

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