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Collateralization is the process of securing a loan by locking up assets as collateral. 

In the context of cryptocurrency, collateral refers to assets pledged by a borrower to secure a loan. 

A cold wallet is a type of cryptocurrency wallet used to store digital assets offline, making it highly secure against cyber threats and hacking attempts. Cold

A coin mixer, also known as a cryptocurrency tumbler, is a service used to obscure the traceability of cryptocurrency transactions by breaking the link between the sender and receiver addresses.

Cloud mining is a method of cryptocurrency mining where users can rent or purchase computational power from a remote data center to mine cryptocurrencies without needing to own or operate the hardware themselves.

Circle is a fintech company that is best known for developing USD Coin (USDC), one of the largest stablecoins in the cryptocurrency market. 

Ciphertext is the result of encryption, where plaintext data is converted into an unreadable format using a cryptographic algorithm.

Changpeng Zhao, commonly referred to as CZ, is the founder and CEO of Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. 

A chain split, also known as a "fork," occurs when a blockchain diverges into two separate chains due to differences in protocol or software updates. 

Chain reorganization, or "reorg," is a process in blockchain where the network discards the current chain of blocks and replaces it with a longer chain.