acronyms.md

Common Abbreviations and Acronyms

• ALM: Asset-Liability Management
• AML: Anti-Money Laundering
• AMM: Automated Market Maker
• CDP: Collateralized Debt Position
• COB: Collateral Onboarding
• CU: Core Unit
• DAO: Decentralized Autonomous Organization
• DC: Debt Ceiling
• DC-IAM: Debt Ceiling Instant Access Module
• DOI: Declaration of Intent
• DSR: Dai Savings Rate
• DSS: Dai Stablecoin System
• D3M: Direct Deposit DAI Module / DAI Direct Deposit Module
• ESM: Emergency Shutdown Module
• FTE: Full Time Equivalent
• GSM: Governance Security Module
• GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation
• IPFS: InterPlanetary File System
• KPI: Key Performance Indicators
• KYC: Know Your Customer
• L1/L2: Layer 1/Layer 2
• LP: Liquidity Provider / Liquidation Penalty
• LR: Liquidation Ratio
• MCD: Multi-Collateral DAI
• MEV: Miner Extracted Value
• MIP: Maker Improvement Proposal
• MKR: The ERC-20 token used for governance in MakerDAO
• NFT: Non-Fungible Tokens
• OKR: Objectives and Key Results
• OMC: Open Markets Committee
• OSM: Oracle Security Module
• PSM: Peg Stability Module
• RoA: Return over Asset
• RoE: Return over Equity
• RP: Risk Premium
• RFC: Request For Comment
• RWA: Real-World Assets
• SCD/SAI: Single Collateral DAI
• SB: Surplus Buffer / System Surplus Buffer
• SC: Smart Contracts
• SF: Stability Fee
• SP: Subproposal
• SPF: Special Purpose Fund
• SPV: Special Purpose Vehicle
• SR: Signal Request
• TAM: Total Addressable Market
• TDC: Target Debt Ceiling
• TFE: Tax Favorable Entity
• TLM: Term Lending Module
• TPAM / VOX: Target Price Adjustment Module
• TRFM: Target Rate Feedback Mechanism
• TVL: Total Value Locked
• TWAP: Time-Weighted Average Price

Core Units

• Burban/SH: Strategic Happiness Core Unit (SH-001)

• CES: Collateral Engineering Services Core Unit (CES-001)

• COM: Governance Communications Core Unit (COM-001)

• Dai Foundation: Dai Foundation Core Unit (DAIF-001)

• DECO: Deco Fixed Rate Core Unit (DECO-001)

• DIN: Data Insights Core Unit (DIN-001)

• DUX: Development & UX (User Experience) (DUX-001)

• Events: Events Core Unit (EVENTS-001)

• GovAlpha: GovAlpha Core Unit (GOV-001)

• Growth: Growth Core Unit (GRO-001)

• IS: Immunefi Security Core Unit (IS-001)

• ORA/OCU: Oracles Core Unit (ORA-001)

• PE/PECU: Protocol Engineering Core Unit (PE-001)

• Risk: Risk Core Unit (RISK-001)

• RWF: Real-World Finance Core Unit (RWF-001)

• SF: Strategic Finance Core Unit (SF-001)

• SAS: Sidestream Auction Services (SAS-001)

• SECU/Starknet: StarkNet Engineering Core Unit (SNE-001)

• SES: Sustainable Ecosystem Scaling Core Unit (SES-001)

• TOCU/TechOps: TechOps Core Unit (TECH-001)

Collateral

Non-stablecoins

• Curve: Curve Finance, AMM Platform
• G-UNI: Automated LP for Uniswap v3 powered by Gelato
• LINK: ChainLink Token
• MANA: Decentraland Token
• MATIC: Polygon Token
• PETH: Pooled Ether
• renBTC: ERC20-Token pegged to Bitcoin, backed on RenVM Protocol
• stEth: Lido Staked Ether
• UNI: Uniswap
• WBTC: Wrapped Bitcoin
• wstETH: Wrapped Lido Staked Ether
• YFI: Yearn.finance Token

Real World Assets

• CF-DROP: ConsolFreight DROP (Freight Forwarding Invoices)
• DROP: Centrifuge Senior Tranche Token
• FFT1-DROP: Fortunafi DROP (Revenue Based Financing Assets)
• HTC-DROP: Harbor Trade Credit DROP (Short Term Trade Receivables)
• HVB: Huntingdon Valley Bank
• NS-DROP: New Silver DROP (US-based Residential Real Estate)
• RWA-001/SIXS: 6S Capital SPV (Real-Estate and Renewable Energy/Sustainability)
• SocGen: Societe Generale
• TIN: Centrifuge Junior Tranche Token

Stablecoins

• BUSD: Binance USD
• GUSD: Gemini Dollar
• USDC: USD Coin (Circle)
• USDP: Pax Dollar (Paxos)

Page last reviewed: 2022-10-12
Next review due: 2023-10-12