What Does This Mean?
[ SLANG ][ CRYPTO ][ ACRONYM ]
Acronym for 'Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt'; negative, often unverified information spread to scare investors into selling an asset, or the general atmosphere of panic surrounding a price drop.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"The coin dropped 40% on the audit news, but the Discord mods are calling it FUD."
LORE & ORIGIN
A decades-old corporate PR term repurposed by crypto-Twitter during the 2017-2018 bull run to describe coordinated or organic negativity campaigns against a coin, it became the default accusation leveled at any bearish news, whether legitimate or not.
FIRST SEEN
2017 (crypto usage)
PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
2017-2026 (Permanent Crypto Vocabulary)
CURRENT STATUS
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AURA IMPACT ⓘ
+25 AURA
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DOCUMENTED SINCE
2017 (crypto usage)
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