cryptocurrency

US/ˈkɹɪp.toʊˌkɝ.ən.si/

nounB2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speech — currency sits at #4,360mostly written

Other forms: cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrency is digital money that lives on no bank, only on math. Buy cryptocurrency.

Every transaction is public and the owner is a number rather than a name. A cryptocurrency has no authority to appeal to when the money goes to the wrong address.

Definitions of cryptocurrency

1nouncryptocurrencyDigital money that lives on no bank, only on math.B2
“He put his savings into cryptocurrency and watched it halve.”

cryptocurrency is money.

Also accepted in games: crypto, bitcoin

Where it comes from

Medieval Latin
currentia
English
currency
English, today
cryptocurrency

From crypto- + currency. currency Borrowed from Medieval Latin currentia, from la + currēns.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Technology & Internet

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cryptocurrency in the wild

Outside of acting, McKenzie is noted for his critical commentary on the cryptocurrency bubble and fraud.
Ben McKenzie
The XRP Ledger (XRPL), also called the Ripple Protocol, is a cryptocurrency platform launched in 2012 by Ripple Labs.
XRP Ledger
The XRPL employs the native cryptocurrency known as XRP, and supports tokens, cryptocurrency or other units of value such as frequent flyer miles or mobile minutes.
XRP Ledger
Ether (abbreviation: ETH) is the native cryptocurrency of the platform.
Ethereum
Stellar, or Stellar Lumens (symbol: XLM), is a cryptocurrency protocol which allows transactions between any pair of currencies.
Stellar (payment network)

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Related words

the currentia family

currency

cryptocurrency — used too rare to measure · point at the bar for the others

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