Faucet
A cryptocurrency reward system usually on a website or app, that rewards users for completing certain tasks.
Fee Tiers
Fee tiers refer to the fee structure that determines the amount charged when investors deposit or withdraw money and execute trades on a crypto exchange.
Fiat
Fiat currency is “legal tender” backed by a central government, such as the Federal Reserve, with its own banking system, such as fractional reserve banking. It can take the form of physical cash, or it can be represented electronically, such as with bank credit.
Fiat On-Ramp
A fiat-on ramp is a way to get cryptocurrency from fiat, or regular money.
Fiat-Pegged Cryptocurrency
A coin, token or asset issued on a blockchain that is linked to a government or bank-issued currency.
Fibonacci Retracement Level
The Fibonacci retracement method uses a set of key numbers called Fibonacci ratios to identify the support and resistance levels of an asset/stock/cryptocurrency.
Fish
Someone who has a small crypto investment.
Field Programmable Gate Array
Field Programmable Gate Array is an integrated circuit that allows customers or designers to reconfigure as per requirement after the manufacturing process.
Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
The FATF is a global organization that sets global standards to combat money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CFT).
Financial Crime Enforcement Network
(FinCEN) is a federal regulatory bureau of the United States Treasury.
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre (FINTRAC)
of Canada is the nation’s financial intelligence agency.
First In, First Out
First in, First Out (FIFO) is an inventory method used to specify your cost-basis when calculating your taxes.
Flash Crash
A flash crash is a market condition where an asset’s price falls very rapidly within a very brief time interval.
First-Mover Advantage (FMA)
The first-mover advantage refers to the launch of an innovative product or service which provides a head-start to a company by creating brand loyalty and penetrating markets before their future competitors.
Flash Loan
A flash loan is a transaction in which a specific quantity of liquidity is borrowed and repaid in the same transaction or block.
Flash Loan Attack
Flash loan attacks are when malicious actors exploit a smart contract.
Flash Loans
Flash loans are a type of uncollateralized lending used in decentralized finance (DeFi).
Flashbots
Flashbots was launched as an independent research and development organization with an aim to lessen the adverse effects of the Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) extraction.
Flatcoin
Flatcoins are cryptocurrencies whose value is pegged to the cost of living, rather than fiat or commodity.
Flippening
A hypothetical scenario where Ethereum's market cap overtakes Bitcoin's.
Flipping
An investment strategy where you buy something with the goal of reselling for a profit later, usually in a short period of time.
FOMO
An acronym that stands for "Fear of Missing Out."
Fork (Blockchain)
Forks, or chain splits, create an alternate version of the blockchain, leaving two blockchains to run simultaneously.
Fork (Software)
When an entirely new program has been developed from source code, taken from an open source software.