Investments & Online Earnings

Hype is the buzz and noisy promotion around a project that everyone is talking about. The term describes the peak of mass interest, which is not always backed by real value.

A HYIP is a high yield investment program that promises enormous returns. Essentially, it is a type of financial pyramid that is dangerous for participants.

A hard cap is the maximum amount of funds a project team plans to raise during an ICO or another token sale. Once this firm threshold is reached, the token sale and the collection of investments stop completely.

Hedging is a way of protecting against an unfavorable change in an asset's price using offsetting trades. In crypto, it is used to reduce the risk of losses on the main position.

Market uncertainty is a state in which there is no clear trend, and price movement looks chaotic and contradictory. In trader slang, such confusing periods are called a WTF situation.