Definition

Trenches

noun TREN-chiz

The most speculative, fast-moving parts of the market, where traders buy and sell newly launched, thinly traded, or highly volatile tokens in search of outsized returns despite a high risk of loss.

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The trader spent weeks in the trenches researching newly launched tokens.

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