The blob market is Ethereum's hidden fee auction for L2 data. Most users never see it directly — but it controls how much Arbitrum, Base, and Optimism charge you.

Blast Points were the pre-token reward units on Blast L2 that automatically accrued in your wallet and converted to BLAST tokens in the June 2024 airdrop — before the price dropped 97%.

A bid wall is a cluster of buy orders that can signal genuine support — or vanish as a whale bait trap. Here's how to read the difference.

A basket trade bundles multiple crypto tokens into one position — here's the full mechanic, the risks, and what most explainers get wrong.

The basis spread in crypto is the gap between futures and spot prices. When it spikes or crashes, it signals a market shift — and most traders misread it.

A base trade captures the price gap between spot and futures without betting on direction — here's how the yield works and what can go wrong.

Crypto backstop funds sound like a safety net — but they can run dry. Get the full breakdown: how CEX insurance funds and DeFi safety modules actually work, when ADL kicks in, and what to check before you trade.

The auto router finds the best swap path on a DEX — splitting your trade across multiple pools to cut slippage and improve your price. Here's how it works.

Auction sniping is placing a last-second bid so no one can outbid you before the clock runs out. Here is how it works in crypto and NFT markets.

An app-specific rollup gives one application its own dedicated chain — with full control over the sequencer, gas token, and execution rules — while still settling to Ethereum.