Relief Rally
A short-term price increase during an overall downtrend, driven by short covering or temporary optimism. Relief rallies can be sharp but are usually followed by a resumption of the broader decline.
Mike Starr
Founder, CryptoWizardTools · M.S. Organizational Management
Last reviewed: August 2026
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Sandwich Attack
A form of MEV exploitation where a bot spots a user's pending swap, buys the token first (pushing the price up), lets the user buy at the inflated price, then sells — profiting from the user's trade at the user's expense.
KYC
Know Your Customer. Identity verification procedures required by exchanges and financial platforms to comply with anti-money laundering regulations.
Rebase
A mechanism used by some algorithmic stablecoins where the total supply of tokens automatically increases or decreases to maintain a target price. Unlike traditional supply changes, rebasing adjusts balances in all wallets simultaneously.
Rug Pull
A type of crypto scam where developers abandon a project after raising funds, withdrawing all liquidity and leaving investors with worthless tokens.
Hash Function
A mathematical algorithm that converts any input data into a fixed-length output string called a hash. Hash functions are one-way — you can't reverse-engineer the input from the output. They are fundamental to blockchain security and data integrity.