T fintech glossary terms

Take Profit

Order to sell when price rises to target level.

Tariff

Tax imposed on imported goods and services.

Tax Avoidance

Legal usage of tax regime limits.

Tax Deduction

Expense that reduces taxable income.

Tax Evasion

Illegal non-payment of taxes.

Tax Haven

Country with low taxes.

TCP/IP

Protocols driving the internet.

Technical Analysis

Evaluating price patterns.

Technical Debt

Cost of choosing easy solution now.

Testnet

Alternative blockchain for testing.

TGE

Token Generation Event.

Thread

Unit of execution.

Throughput

Actual data transfer rate.

Ticker Symbol

Abbreviation for a stock.

Time Horizon

Length of time held investment.

Token

Digital key for access.

Token Burn

Permanently removing tokens from circulation.

Tokenization

Replacing sensitive data with non-sensitive tokens.

Tokenomics

Economic model of a cryptocurrency token.

Tor

Privacy-preserving network that routes traffic through multiple relays, making it relevant to anonymity use cases as well as fraud monitoring, abuse prevention, and transaction risk analysis.

Total Supply

Total number of tokens existing.

Trade Deficit

When a country's imports exceed its exports.

Trade Finance

Financial instruments for international trade.

Trade Surplus

Exports exceed imports.

Tragedy of the Commons

Overuse of shared resources.

Trailing Stop

Stop loss moving with price.

Transaction Fee

Fee paid to process a transaction.

Transaction ID (TXID)

Unique string identifying a transaction.

Transformer Model

Architecture used in modern NLP.

Treasury

Funds held by a DAO or project.

Treasury Bill

Short-term government debt.

Trend

Direction of market movement.

Trial Balance

Report ensuring debits equal credits.

Trojan

Malware disguised as legitimate software.

Trust

Fiduciary arrangement for assets.

Turing Test

Test of a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behavior.

TVL

Total Value Locked in a protocol.

Two-Factor Authentication

Security process requiring two verification methods.

TypeScript

JavaScript with syntax for types.