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liquidity
How easy it is to buy or sell quickly without moving the price much, because lots of people are trading.
The fuller meaning
The ease of trading size without moving price, reflected in tight spreads, deep order books and steady volume. It is thinner in extended hours, quiet sessions and around the edges of the day, where spreads widen and prices can jump; crypto's liquidity also shifts with market mood.
liquidity.
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