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Total Value Locked (TVL) represents the aggregate value of assets deposited or staked in a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol or blockchain ecosystem, typically measured in a currency like USD.

Centralized Exchange (CEX), is a type of cryptocurrency exchange that operates through a central authority or intermediary.

Traditional Finance (TradFi) refers to the conventional financial system that operates through centralized institutions such as banks, stock exchanges, and regulatory bodies.

Real-World Assets (RWA) are tangible or financial assets that exist in the physical world and can be tokenized or represented on a blockchain.

Decentralized Applications (dApps) are software applications that run on a decentralized network, typically built on blockchain technology.

Zero-Knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) is a scaling solution that combines the benefits of zero-knowledge proofs (ZKP) with the functionality of Ethereum's EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine). 

Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) is a cryptographic technique that allows one party (the prover) to prove to another party (the verifier) that a statement is true without revealing any additional information.

Yield farming, also known as liquidity mining, is a DeFi (Decentralized Finance) strategy where users lend or stake their cryptocurrency assets in liquidity pools to earn rewards, typically in the form of interest or additional tokens. 

A wrapped token is a tokenized version of a cryptocurrency that exists on a different blockchain than its native network. 

Wrapped Ether (WETH) is an ERC-20 token that represents Ether (ETH) on the Ethereum blockchain.