HODL

See also: hodl

English

Verb

HODL (third-person singular simple present HODLs, present participle HODLing, simple past and past participle HODLed)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of hodl.
    • 2022 February 7, David Yaffe-Bellany, “They Made Millions on Luna, Solana and Polygon: Crypto’s Boom Beyond Bitcoin”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 19 February 2022:
      Many people who have gotten wealthy through little-known cryptocurrencies said they didn’t plan to cash out. They said they preferred to HODL, or hold on for dear life, and keep speculating.
    • 2022 May 17, Paul Krugman, “Crashing Crypto: Is This Time Different?”, in The New York Times‎[2], →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 May 2022:
      Bitcoin, in particular, has always bounced back from previous dips, and investors who HODLed (held on for dear life to their coins, despite falling prices) have ended up with huge capital gains.

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