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What is a bull market?
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What is a bull market?

A bull market is a sustained 20%+ price increase from recent lows, driven by economic growth, investor confidence, and strong corporate earnings. Historically lasting 42-67 months (some exceed 10 years), bull markets occur when GDP rises, unemployment falls, and demand increases. Famous examples include the 1990s tech surge and 2009-2020 post-crisis rally (131 months). Strategies include continuing regular investments, rebalancing portfolios, taking partial profits, or increasing risk exposure. Bull markets end unpredictably, often signaled by rising interest rates, slowing GDP, or falling earnings.

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What is a bull or bear market?
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What is a bull or bear market?

Bull markets feature broadly rising prices, stronger demand and investor optimism, while bear markets bring sustained declines and weaker expectations. A flat or dead market moves without a clear direction. Recognising these repeating cycles can provide useful context, but market labels alone do not determine when an individual should buy, sell or wait.

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What is a coin burn?
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What is a coin burn?

Burning tokens means sending them to an address with no usable private key, permanently removing them from circulation. Projects may automate the process through smart contracts to manage supply, but scarcity alone cannot guarantee higher prices. Burns are irreversible and can also alter ownership concentration in ways that benefit insiders.

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What is a fiat wallet?

Understanding the digital wallet used to store and transact traditional currencies like USD, EUR, and GBP. Discover the features of this innovative technology.

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What is Return on Investment (ROI)?
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What is Return on Investment (ROI)?

Return on investment expresses an investment’s net gain or loss as a percentage of its original cost, making opportunities easier to compare. ROI is simple and widely applicable, but ignores holding period and timing. Annualised return, compound annual growth rate and internal rate of return can provide additional performance context.

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What is a token?

In crypto, a token is a digital asset built on top of an existing blockchain (like Ethereum). It represents specific value or utility, categorized mainly as payment, security, or utility tokens. This differs from a coin, which operates on its own native blockchain. Tokens can be traded on exchanges or sent peer-to-peer using wallet addresses. Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are a unique type of token representing ownership of a specific digital or physical item. While the regulatory landscape is still developing, tokens are fundamental tools for storing value and enabling functions within blockchain ecosystems.

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What is Algorand (ALGO)?
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What is Algorand (ALGO)?

Algorand is a blockchain platform built for efficient decentralised applications, asset creation and smart contracts. The guide explains its Pure Proof-of-Stake consensus, two-layer architecture and lower-energy approach, while outlining the role of ALGO in network participation, transactions, asset transfers and the platform’s broader developer ecosystem.

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