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Consensus & Security22Cryptography8Custody & Access15Data & Measurement27DeFi17Foundations20Institutional Access13Market Structure28Regulation & Policy19Risk & Failure Modes23Scaling & Infrastructure18Stablecoins13Tokens & Supply37
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| Terme | Catégorie | En une phrase |
|---|---|---|
| Layer 1 | Scaling & Infrastructure | A blockchain that runs its own consensus and settles its own transactions, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, or Solana. |
| Layer 2 | Scaling & Infrastructure | A separate network that processes transactions off a base chain while relying on that chain for security or dispute resolution. |
| Lending Protocol | DeFi | A smart contract system where users deposit assets that others can borrow, with interest rates set automatically by supply and demand. |
| Leverage | Market Structure | Trading with borrowed funds or margin so that a position controls more value than the collateral actually posted. |
| Licensing Regime | Regulation & Policy | The permission system a jurisdiction uses to decide which firms may hold customer assets or operate a trading or transfer service. |
| Light Client | Foundations | Software that checks a blockchain using only block headers and small proofs instead of downloading the whole chain. |
| Liquid Staking | Tokens & Supply | Staking through a service that issues a tradable token representing your staked position, so the position remains usable elsewhere. |
| Liquidation | Market Structure | The forced closing of a leveraged position by an exchange or protocol when the collateral behind it falls too low. |
| Liquidation Threshold | DeFi | The collateral-to-debt level at which a protocol allows a borrower's collateral to be sold to repay the loan. |
| Liquidity | Market Structure | How easily an asset can be traded in size, quickly, without moving its price much. |
| Liquidity Mining | DeFi | A program in which a protocol pays out its own tokens to people who supply liquidity or use the protocol, in order to attract usage. |
| Liquidity Pool | DeFi | A shared pot of two or more assets locked in a smart contract that traders trade against and depositors earn fees from. |
| Liquidity Provider | DeFi | Someone who deposits assets into a pool so that others can trade against them, receiving a share of the trading fees in return. |
| Liquidity Risk | Risk & Failure Modes | The risk that a position cannot be traded at a reasonable price because there are not enough willing buyers or sellers at that moment. |
| Look-Ahead Bias | Data & Measurement | Using information in a study of the past that was not actually available at the time, which makes results look better than reality allowed. |