"digital currency" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: digital currencies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} digital currency (countable and uncountable, plural digital currencies)
  1. Any currency, money, or money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems, especially over the internet and does not have a classical physical form of fiat currency that can be held in the hand. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Currency, Money Synonyms: digital money, electronic money, electronic currency, e-currency, virtual currency [broadly] Translations (any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems): digitaalinen raha (Finnish), sarafu ya kidijitali (Swahili)

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