ALPHA - early investment advice or information that puts you ahead of the game

APEING IN - buying into an NFT project, perhaps without due diligence

BTFD - buy the f'ing dip, when a crypto price is dropping hard, that's the time to buy in

BUIDL - build useful stuff, when crypto is dipping, building useful stuff proves that it's still valuable.

DEGEN - degenerate/gambler, someone shooting at all chances, possibly taking extreme risks DYOR - do your own research before you invest in cryptos, buy NFTs etc.

FOMO - fear of missing out

FREN - friend FUD - fear, uncertainty and doubt

GM - good morning

GN - good night

GMI - gonna make it

NGMI - not gonna make it

WAGMI - we're all gonna make it

HODL - holding on for dear life when a crypto price tumbles

IRL - in real life

PROBABLY NOTHING - often used sarcastically to mean the opposite. It probably is something.

REKT - wrecked, refers to a crypto trader who is ruined due to losses from a price crash

RUGGED - when developers market a project to generate sales and then abandon it, taking existing profits and the project value (and buyer's NFT) goes to zero

SHILL – unsolicited endorsing in public, promoting an NFT you're dropping or a coin you’ve invested in

SWEEP THE FLOOR - buying NFTs in bulk at the floor or base price

WEN - when

WHALE - individuals, institutions or exchanges that hold significant amounts of tokens of a particular cryptocurrency

from Google Docs: Sign-in by Misha da Vinci