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
Venture Capital
capital (funds) that is invested in a company that needs a substantial pool of funds to initiate.
Mineable
A cryptocurrency is said to be "mineable" when it has the system thrugh which miners can be rewarded with newly-created cryptocurrencies for creating blocks.
Pay-Per-Last N Shares (PPLNS)
PPLNS system only pays miners after the pool has discovered the block. This means you'll only be compensated once the block has been discovered.
Gwei
The monetary domination of gas, involving Ether
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