AML
Short for “Anti Money Laundering.” A set of regulations determined by a nation to combat money laundering.
Crypto Glossary: 250+ Terms Explained
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Topic Risk & Fraud
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3 definitionsDDoS
Distributed Denial of Service. A malicious attack that prevents users from communicating with the network by flooding the provider with…
Design Flaw Attack
An attack by creating either a smart contract, decentralized market or other software with knowledge of certain flaws to trick…
Double Spending
Implies that a crypto asset is spent twice. Usually occurs as a result of a 51% attack.
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3 definitionsPhishing
A phishing attack happens when the attacker attempts to acquire the credentials of users to gain access to their wallets.
Ponzi Scheme
An investment fraud in which the attacker collects funds from investors with promises of high returns, and uses the collected…
Pump and dump
The process of buying a large amount of tokens at once, usually as a co-ordinated group, in order to artificially…
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5 definitionsRace Attack
Refers to two transactions that are created simultaneously with the purpose of spending the same funds twice.
Ransomware
A type of virus that threatens to destroy or publish private data unless a ransom is paid.
Routing Attack
An internet service provider level attack to manipulate the participation in an online system. Used on blockchains to manipulate nodes…
Rug Pull
A scam where a project team unexpectedly abandons the project and sells all its liquidity.
Rugged
Describes a trader, investor, or community that has been hit by a rug pull or similar scam, leaving holders with…
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