Bayes’ Theorem
Bayes’ Theorem is a statistical analysis tool used to determine the posterior probability of the occurrence of an event based on the previous data.
Beacon Chain
A blockchain that coordinates shard chains, manages staking and the registry of validators in a PoS cryptocurrency, such as Ethereum 2.0.
Bear
Someone who believes that prices in a given market will decline over an extended period. Such a person might be referred to as “bearish.”
Bear Call Spread
A vertical spread with two calls of different rates but at the same expiration date is known as a bear call spread.
Bear Hug
A hostile takeover strategy, where a company is offered to be bought at a higher than target rate.
Bear Market
When prices of assets in a market fall by 20% or more from recent highs, it is called a bear market. As a result, investor confidence is low, and the economy and market turn pessimistic.
Bear Trap
The attempted manipulation of a specific cryptocurrency’s price, based on the coordinated activity of a group of traders.
Bearwhale
A bearwhale is a person who has a high number of cryptocurrencies and uses their massive account to drive the price down and profit out of it.
Behavioral Finance
Behavioral finance is a branch of finance that combines psychology and economics to explain how human emotions and cognitive biases influence financial decisions.
Benchmark
Benchmarking is a method of comparing the performance of your asset or investment portfolio to that of similar assets to see whether there is a gap that can be bridged by increasing performance indicators.
Benchmark Index
A benchmark index is a popular index security that is used as a gauge or benchmark, against which the progress of the broader market may be tracked.
Benefit-Cost Ratio
The benefit-cost ratio (BCR) is a profitability indicator used in cost-benefit analysis to determine the viability of cash flows generated from an asset or project.
BEP-2 (Binance Chain Tokenization Standard)
A technical standard for tokens on Binance Chain.
BEP-95 (Bruno Hard Fork Upgrade)
Binance Evolution Protocol (BEP-95) is a Bruno hard fork upgrade that aims to speed up the BNB token burning process.
BEP-20
BEP-20 is a BNB Chain token standard created with the intention of extending ERC-20
BEP-721
BEP-721 is a Binance Smart Chain token standard that enables the generation of non-fungible tokens . It is considered to be an extension of ERC-721 that is one of the most popular NFT standards