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Hodl (or HODL) is an Internet meme describing when a person is holding i.e. not selling something of value, especially a cryptocurrency with the expectation that the asset will rise in value. In finance it is similar to long position.

Variants
A person can Hodl or is currently Hodling for example Bitcoins.

That person is called a Hodler.

History
The term hodl originates from a post made December 8, 2013 by the user GameKyuubi on the bitcoin forum Bitcointalk.org.

It was a simple typo in the subject "I AM HODLING" and people found it that amusing it later become a Meme in the entire space of cryptocurrencies.

Today it is commonly used by people of all ages both inside and outside the Internet.