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Fair AI

Fair AI refers to artificial intelligence systems designed to make unbiased decisions, ensuring equitable treatment across different demographics and minimizing discrimination.

Fakeout

A "Fakeout" is a strategic maneuver often used in various contexts, such as sports, gaming, or even negotiations, where one party deliberately deceives or misleads another to gain an advantage. By creating a false impression or pretending to take a certain action, the initiator of the fakeout aims to provoke a specific reaction or to catch the opponent off guard, thereby creating an opportunity to execute their true plan more effectively.

Falling Knife

A "Falling Knife" is a term commonly used in financial markets to describe a rapid and often steep decline in the price of a stock or other asset. The phrase suggests that attempting to buy the asset during its sharp decline is risky, akin to trying to catch a falling knife, which can result in significant financial loss if the asset continues to drop. Investors are generally advised to wait until the asset shows signs of stabilization before considering a purchase.

Falling Wedge

A "Falling Wedge" is a technical analysis chart pattern used in financial markets to predict potential bullish reversals. It is characterized by two converging trend lines that slope downwards, with the price of an asset making lower highs and lower lows within the wedge. This pattern typically indicates that selling pressure is waning, and a breakout above the upper trend line may signal a shift to an upward trend. Traders often look for this pattern to identify buying opportunities.

FATF Travel Rule

The FATF Travel Rule mandates financial institutions to share sender and recipient information for cryptocurrency transactions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.

Faucet

A crypto faucet is a website or app that rewards users with small amounts of cryptocurrency for completing simple tasks or activities. These tasks might include solving captchas, viewing ads, playing games, or participating in surveys. The purpose of crypto faucets is typically to introduce people to cryptocurrency by providing them with small amounts of coins for free, helping them learn how to use and store digital currencies.

Field Programmable Gate Array

A Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is a type of integrated circuit that can be configured by the user after manufacturing. Unlike traditional fixed-function chips, FPGAs offer flexibility and reprogrammability, allowing designers to customize hardware functionality to meet specific application requirements.

Flash Loan

A Flash Loan is a type of uncollateralized loan in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space, typically executed on blockchain platforms like Ethereum. It allows users to borrow funds instantly and repay them within a single transaction block. If the loan is not repaid within the same transaction, the entire transaction is reversed, ensuring no risk to the lender. Flash Loans are often used for arbitrage, collateral swapping, and other complex financial strategies.

Flatcoin

Flatcoin is a type of cryptocurrency designed to maintain a stable value by being pegged to a specific asset or basket of assets, often used to hedge against inflation.

Flippening

The Flippening refers to the potential event where Ethereum's market capitalization surpasses that of Bitcoin, indicating a shift in dominance within the cryptocurrency market.

Front Running

Front running is the unethical practice of a broker trading an equity based on advance knowledge of pending orders from its customers.

Futo

Futo is a term that can refer to various things depending on the context. In the realm of sushi, "futo" is short for "futomaki," which is a type of thick sushi roll filled with a variety of ingredients such as vegetables, fish, and sometimes egg, all wrapped in seaweed and rice. In another context, Futo could also refer to a location, such as a town or city, or even a character name in various forms of media.

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