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Glossary

Inflation

A general rise in prices, reducing what a unit of currency buys.

Measured through baskets such as the consumer price index. It matters to crypto mainly through interest rate expectations, which set the cost of the leverage that funds risk assets.

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Collateral, Tokenomics, Vesting, Market Capitalisation, Fully Diluted Valuation

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