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Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrencies are becoming part of everyday life and are expected to compete seriously with card payments. This glossary explains the key crypto terms, from address, altcoin and arbitrage to halving, mining, proof of stake and stop-loss.
Cryptocurrency
Mining is the production of cryptocurrency through hardware and software, as well as the recording and confirmation of cryptocurrency transfers. Because block difficulty rises with each new unit, mining requires very powerful processors.
Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin has a concept similar to the subunits of fiat currencies: the satoshi. It is the smallest unit of Bitcoin, defined as one hundred-millionth of a Bitcoin (0.00000001 BTC), and it is named after Satoshi Nakamoto.
Merchant & POS
The Regulation on the Non-Use of Crypto Assets in Payments, published in the Official Gazette on 16 April and effective from 30 April, looks set to seriously affect cryptocurrency developments in Turkey. Here are its key points and the full text.
Merchant & POS
Payments made over the internet are called digital payments. Card payments, cryptocurrency, and online banking transfers all fall within the scope of digital payment, along with mobile wallets and QR code payments.
Cryptocurrency
HODL is a term Bitcoin users hear often. It has no dictionary meaning in English or Turkish; it means buying a cryptocurrency and holding it. The term was born from a typo of “hold” on a Bitcoin forum years ago.
ATM
A Bitcoin ATM (BTM) is a specialized kiosk designed for Bitcoin transactions, letting users buy and sell Bitcoin. General features: it enables Bitcoin purchases and sales, and while it visually resembles traditional ATMs...
Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin is a digital currency launched experimentally in 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto. It has no ties to any central bank, can be bought and sold with national currencies and can be transferred without any intermediary.
Payment Systems
Electronic money is a legally defined concept in Türkiye under Law No. 6493. Since Bitcoin is not linked to any central bank or official institution and does not meet the required conditions, it cannot be considered electronic money.
Payment Systems
Fintech, short for financial technologies, is a term for companies that bring together finance and technology to provide easy and fast financial services, growing rapidly worldwide.
Merchant & POS
Digitalization has brought major change to payment systems, just as it has to every area of our lives. Its biggest impact has been turning the financial world into something virtual, spanning IoT, mobile payments, blockchain and biometrics.