Cryptocurrency Legal Glossary

Legal regulations designed to prevent the conversion of money obtained from illegal activities into legitimate assets.

Any cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin. Examples include Ethereum, Ripple, and Litecoin.

The first and most well-known cryptocurrency, created in 2009 by an unknown person or group using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.

A distributed digital ledger technology that records transactions across multiple computers in a way that ensures security, transparency, and decentralization.