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.
MACD
A technical indicator that measures the strength and direction of a trend's momentum by comparing two moving averages of price.
Market cap
The total value of all units of a cryptocurrency in circulation, calculated by multiplying the current price by the circulating supply.
Memecoin
A cryptocurrency born from an internet meme or cultural phenomenon, usually with little technical utility and a price driven mainly by community and market sentiment.
Mempool
The mempool (memory pool) is a blockchain's waiting room: the space where sent transactions wait for a miner or validator to include them in a block.
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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