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
Wei
The smallest fraction of an Ether, with each Ether to 1000000000000000000 Wei.
Mining Pool
Combination of resources of several miners to obtain a higher mining power and thus achieve greater rewards for the opening of blocks.
Delegated Proof-of-Stake (dPOS)
A consensus mechanism where selected members of a network are voted as delegates to validate transactions and produce blocks on a blockchain.
Public Blockchain
An open sourced blockchain where participation is public and permissionless
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