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Glossary

The complete Stablecoin glossary. Learn all terms and technologies related to Stablecoins in the Stablecoin Insider glossary.

A

Algorithmic Stablecoins

Asset-Backed Stablecoin

B

Backing Asset

C

Crypto Backed Stablecoins

Crypto-collateralized Stablecoins

Card-Linked Stablecoin

Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)

Collateral Asset

Compliance Layer

Cross-Border Settlement

D

DeFi (Decentralized Finance)

DeFi Protocol

De-Peg Event

F

Fiat Backed Stablecoins

Fiat-Collateralized Stablecoin

I

Institutional Rail

L

Liquidity Pool

Liquidity Provider (LP)

Liquidity Stress

M

Merchant Acceptance

O

On-Chain Payment

On/Off-Ramp

Overcollateralization

P

Stablecoin Peg

Payment Rail

Peg Stability

Programmable Money

R

Redemption Mechanism

Retail Use Case

S

Stablecoin Smart Contract

Settlement Finality

Settlement Layer

T

Transaction Throughput

Treasury Management

Tokenization

W

Wholesale Use Case

Y

Yield-Bearing Stablecoin