Leverage
By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020
It is an investment strategy to gain potential return of the investment by borrowing the money. For example, you could loan from an exchange to conduct a margin trading, where you leverage your positions by buying asset at a low price (with the borrowed money) and sell them at a higher price.
Related Terms
Fiat-Pegged Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrencies are pegged to an underlying asset.
Protocol
The set of rules in a network in which participating members comply to allow proper communication.
Public Blockchain
An open sourced blockchain where participation is public and permissionless
Money Printer Go Brrr
A meme made to describe the US Fed printing excessive amount of money to support the traditional financial market to avert the stock market crash during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Hungry for more knowledge?
Back to Glossary or Subscribe to our newsletter.