Reference · Acronyms
List of acronyms.
Acronyms used across the T-Mines platform — spanning blockchain and crypto, trading and markets, securities regulation, and mining. Public · last updated June 20, 2026.
Acronym
Definition
AISC
All-In Sustaining Cost (mining cost metric)
AML
Anti-Money-Laundering
API
Application Programming Interface
ASM
Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining
ATS
Alternative Trading System
AUM
Assets Under Management
BD
Broker-Dealer
BSA
Bank Secrecy Act
C.F.R.
Code of Federal Regulations
CFT
Combating the Financing of Terrorism
CFTC
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
CIM
Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
COMEX
Commodity Exchange (CME Group metals market)
CSA
Canadian Securities Administrators
DAO
Decentralized Autonomous Organization
dApp
Decentralized Application
DeFi
Decentralized Finance
DFS
Definitive Feasibility Study
DLT
Distributed Ledger Technology
DPMS
Dealer in Precious Metals and Stones
EDGAR
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (SEC filing system)
EIP
Ethereum Improvement Proposal
ELN
Equity-Linked Note
ERC
Ethereum Request for Comments
ESG
Environmental, Social, and Governance
EVM
Ethereum Virtual Machine
FATF
Financial Action Task Force
FINRA
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
GIA
Gemological Institute of America
HSM
Hardware Security Module
JORC
Joint Ore Reserves Committee (Australasian reporting code)
KYB
Know Your Business
KYC
Know Your Customer
KYT
Know Your Transaction
L1
Layer 1 (base blockchain network)
L2
Layer 2 (scaling network atop a Layer 1)
LBMA
London Bullion Market Association
NAV
Net Asset Value
NFT
Non-Fungible Token
NI
National Instrument (Canadian Securities Administrators)
NSR
Net Smelter Return (royalty)
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OFAC
Office of Foreign Assets Control
OTC
Over-the-Counter
P2P
Peer-to-Peer
PEA
Preliminary Economic Assessment
PFS
Pre-Feasibility Study
PPM
Private Placement Memorandum
QIB
Qualified Institutional Buyer
QP
Qualified Person (mineral-project disclosure)
Reg CF
Regulation Crowdfunding
Reg D
Regulation D
Reg S
Regulation S
RWA
Real-World Asset
SEC
Securities and Exchange Commission
SFT
Semi-Fungible Token
SPV
Special-Purpose Vehicle
SRO
Self-Regulatory Organization
TA
Transfer Agent
TMCT
TM Claim Token
TMFT
TM Float Token
TMVT
TM Vault Token
T-REX
Token for Regulated EXchanges (the ERC-3643 framework)
T+1
Trade date plus one business day (settlement cycle)
UCC
Uniform Commercial Code
U.S.C.
United States Code
VASP
Virtual Asset Service Provider