A List of Top Terms to Know, From A-Z

This Bloomberg explainer surveys common crypto slang (e.g., airdrop, diamond hands, rug pull) and notes how jargon shapes investor behavior and market dynamics. While educational rather than transactional, it highlights market-relevant mechanisms — for example, airdrops are used to bootstrap token communities and can drive demand, liquidity and promotional activity for new coins; memecoin culture and catchy terms can amplify retail-driven speculation. Overall, the piece frames crypto vocabulary as part of the ecosystem that affects sentiment, marketing and short-term price action rather than being hard financial news.