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Tokenomics
A token's economics: how many exist, how they are issued, who holds them and how they are burned or unlocked. It sets a project's supply and incentives.
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Related terms
Market cap
A coin's price times its circulating supply. A rough measure of size, not how much money actually went into it.
Staking
Locking coins to help secure a network in exchange for a reward. It resembles interest but carries network and price risk.
Memecoin
A token born from an internet joke or community (DOGE, PEPE). Its value is driven mainly by hype and speculation, not technology.