An individual or organization whose share of a cryptocurrency is enough to cause a significant impact to the value of the asset.

The typical whale holds a sizable amount of a particular token compared to its total supply. This could be an individual or an organization with so much cryptocurrency holdings that they're able to affect prices.

Whales working in conjunction have the ability to cause the entire market to move up or down. They can manipulate the market in any direction through massive buying or selling activity. Because of the outsized influence of whales, many people prefer to buy cryptocurrencies with a more even distribution of holders.

The vertical lines that stretch below and above the bars of a candlestick chart.

Also known as wicks, whiskers represent the high and low prices of an asset within the period in consideration. A long wick represents higher price volatility while a shorter one indicates more stable trading during the period.

Whiskers give critical additional information that the body of the chart doesn't provide and help traders determine the direction of the market.

A list of names, addresses, traders, users or programs granted access to a particular platform, event or program.

A whitelist in cryptocurrency typically refers to a public or private list of addresses that qualify to participate in a token sale, coin airdrop or other event. Selection into a whitelist usually rests on meeting certain qualifying conditions.

Most whitelists are generated through registration, at random, or by performing specific actions. Every whitelist is limited to a maximum limit which depends on the rules of the platform or the specific event. Whitelisting any individual, wallet address or program indicates safety and acceptance.

The smallest division of the Ethereum network's native cryptocurrency Ether (ETH), used especially to calculate transaction payments on the network.

When referring to smaller amounts of ETH, Wei is used especially in transactions that accrue the lowest fees. 1 Ether is equivalent to 1e18 wei or 1 x 10¹⁸ wei.

Wei and its multiples such as Kwei and Gwei provide a convenient way to describe small value transactions that cost fractions of ether.

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