Glossary

DEX Aggregator

A DEX aggregator is a platform that sources liquidity from multiple decentralized exchanges to find the best prices and lowest slippage for trades.

Buy-Borrow-Die is a wealth strategy where assets are bought, borrowed against for cash, and passed on without selling to defer taxes.

Liquidation is the forced selling of a borrower’s collateral when its value falls below required thresholds in a loan or trading position.

Crypto-backed loans are loans where borrowers use cryptocurrency as collateral to receive fiat or stablecoin funds without selling their assets.

Lending and borrowing protocols are DeFi platforms where users supply crypto to earn interest or borrow assets by providing collateral.

Recursive lending (or looping) is a DeFi strategy where users repeatedly borrow and redeposit assets as collateral to amplify exposure and yield.

Money lending is the act of providing funds to borrowers with the expectation of repayment, usually with interest over time.

DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks) are blockchain-based systems that coordinate real-world infrastructure using token incentives.

Real-World Assets (RWAs) are physical or traditional financial assets, like real estate or bonds, represented and traded on blockchain networks.