The crypto glossary that gets your money
Clear definitions, with no jargon, written by the Bitso team. From Bitcoin to DeFi, a space for Latin America to understand its money.
ICO
A fundraising mechanism in which a crypto project sells its tokens to the public before launching its product, to raise capital directly and without intermediaries.
Investment portfolio
The complete set of an investor's assets — cash, debt instruments, crypto, funds, real estate — evaluated as a whole based on how they complement each other and how much risk they add up to.
How we built this glossary
This glossary is written and reviewed by the Bitso editorial team — the most used crypto platform in Latin America, with more than 9 million people trading in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and Brazil. Every definition goes through product, compliance and financial-education specialists before being published.
Our goal is simple: that you truly understand what each concept means before moving your money. That's why we avoid unnecessary technical language and explain everything with examples designed for the region. If a term changes or a new one appears, we review it and keep it up to date.
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