"cryptocurrency" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cryptocurrencies [plural]
Etymology: crypto- + currency Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|crypto|currency}} crypto- + currency Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cryptocurrency (countable and uncountable, plural cryptocurrencies)
  1. A digital currency based on a cryptographic system, usually having no central issuing or regulating authority. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cryptocurrency Synonyms: crypto [informal], cybercurrency, crypto currency, crypto-currency Hypernyms: digital currency Derived forms: cryptocurrency wallet Related terms: cryptobro Translations (type of digital currency): عُمْلَة مُعَمَّاة (ʕumla muʕammāh) [feminine] (Arabic), مُشَفَّرَة (mušaffara) [feminine] (Arabic), կրիպտոարժույթ (kriptoaržuytʿ) (Armenian), kriptovalyuta (Azerbaijani), криптовалюта (kriptovalyuta) (Bashkir), крыптавалю́та (kryptavaljúta) [feminine] (Belarusian), криптовалу́та (kriptovalúta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), criptomoneda [feminine] (Catalan), 加密貨幣 (Chinese Mandarin), 加密货币 (jiāmì huòbì) (Chinese Mandarin), kryptoměna [feminine] (Czech), kryptovaluta [common-gender] (Danish), cryptogeld [neuter] (Dutch), cryptovaluta [feminine] (Dutch), cryptomunt [feminine] (Dutch), kriptomono (Esperanto), ĉifromono (Esperanto), krüptoraha (Estonian), kryptovaluutta (Finnish), cryptomonnaie [feminine] (French), criptomoeda [feminine] (Galician), criptodivisa [feminine] (Galician), კრიპტოვალუტა (ḳriṗṭovaluṭa) (Georgian), Kryptowährung [feminine] (German), Kryptogeld [neuter] (German), κρυπτονόμισμα (kryptonómisma) [neuter] (Greek), kriptovaluta (Hungarian), kriptopénz (Hungarian), criptovaluta [feminine] (Italian), 暗号通貨 (angō tsūka) (alt: あんごうつうか) (Japanese), криптовалюта (kriptovalüta) (Kazakh), រូបិយប័ណ្ណគ្រីបតូ (ruubəybannɑɑkriiptou) (Khmer), លុយគ្រីបតូ (luykriiptou) (Khmer), 암호화폐 (amhohwapye) (alt: 暗號貨幣) (Korean), криптовалюта (kriptovalyuta) (Kyrgyz), cryptocurrentia [feminine] (Latin), kriptonauda [feminine] (Latvian), kriptovaliuta [feminine] (Lithuanian), криптовалу́та (kriptovalúta) [feminine] (Macedonian), kriptowang (Malay), mata wang kripto (Malay), moni whitirangi (Maori), kryptovaluta [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kryptovaluta [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), رمزارز (ramzârz) (Persian), kryptowaluta [feminine] (Polish), criptomoeda [feminine] (Portuguese), criptodivisa [feminine] (Portuguese), criptomonedă [feminine] (Romanian), criptovalută [feminine] (Romanian), криптовалю́та (kriptovaljúta) [feminine] (Russian), криптовалута [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kriptovaluta [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), crittuvaluta [feminine] (Sicilian), cryptovaluta [feminine] (Sicilian), kryptomena [feminine] (Slovak), kriptovaluta [feminine] (Slovene), criptomoneda [feminine] (Spanish), kryptovaluta [common-gender] (Swedish), рамзарз (ramzarz) (Tajik), криптоасъор (kriptoasʾor) (Tajik), క్రిప్టోకరెన్సీ (kripṭōkarensī) (Telugu), kripto para (Turkish), kripto döviz (Turkish), криптовалю́та (kryptovaljúta) [feminine] (Ukrainian), شىفىرلىق پۇل (shifirliq pul) (Uyghur), kriptovalyuta (Uzbek), tiền mã hóa (Vietnamese)

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          "text": "As alleged in the Indictment filed on January 9, 2023, EISENBERG engaged in a scheme to fraudulently obtain approximately $110 million worth of cryptocurrency from the cryptocurrency exchange Mango Markets and its customers and achieved this objective by artificially manipulating the price of certain perpetual futures contracts.",
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    {
      "word": "digital currency"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "cryptobro"
    }
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        "English nouns",
        "English terms prefixed with crypto-",
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
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        {
          "text": "Bitcoin was the first decentralized cryptocurrency.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995 July 26, Daniel Akst, “Info Highway May Convert Your PC Into a Gambling Mecca”, in Los Angeles Times",
          "text": "As secure Internet payment systems develop, of course, betting will become easier. And if some form of digital cash—crypto-currency that can be exchanged like cash via the Internet—really does take hold, betting will be even easier still.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 November 17, Nick Bilton, “Disruptions: A Digital Underworld Cloaked in Anonymity”, in New York Times",
          "text": "Then there is bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that has been skyrocketing in value lately. Bitcoin is basically virtual cash — anonymous, untraceable currency stuffed into a mobile wallet.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 March 26, Alex Hern, quoting Michael Kagan, “Cryptocurrencies add nothing useful to society, says chip-maker Nvidia”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
          "text": "The US chip-maker Nvidia has said cryptocurrencies do not “bring anything useful for society” despite the company’s powerful processors selling in huge quantities to the sector.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 February 2, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, “Alleged Perpetrator Of $100 Million Crypto Market Manipulation Scheme To Make Initial Appearance In The Southern District Of New York”, in justice.gov, sourced from justice.gov",
          "text": "As alleged in the Indictment filed on January 9, 2023, EISENBERG engaged in a scheme to fraudulently obtain approximately $110 million worth of cryptocurrency from the cryptocurrency exchange Mango Markets and its customers and achieved this objective by artificially manipulating the price of certain perpetual futures contracts.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 November 30, Alessandro Mascellino, “North Korean Hackers Amass $3bn in Cryptocurrency Heists”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)",
          "text": "According to Recorded Future’s research, the regime considers cryptocurrency theft a significant revenue source, primarily funding military and weapons programs.",
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        }
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      "word": "cybercurrency"
    },
    {
      "word": "crypto currency"
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      "word": "crypto-currency"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕumla muʕammāh",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "عُمْلَة مُعَمَّاة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mušaffara",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مُشَفَّرَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kriptoaržuytʿ",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "կրիպտոարժույթ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "kriptovalyuta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "kriptovalyuta",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "криптовалюта"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kryptavaljúta",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "крыптавалю́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kriptovalúta",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "криптовалу́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "criptomoneda"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "加密貨幣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiāmì huòbì",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "加密货币"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kryptoměna"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kryptovaluta"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cryptogeld"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cryptovaluta"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cryptomunt"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "kriptomono"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "ĉifromono"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "krüptoraha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "kryptovaluutta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cryptomonnaie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "criptomoeda"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "criptodivisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳriṗṭovaluṭa",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "კრიპტოვალუტა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kryptowährung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kryptogeld"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kryptonómisma",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κρυπτονόμισμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "kriptovaluta"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "kriptopénz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "criptovaluta"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あんごうつうか",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "angō tsūka",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "暗号通貨"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "kriptovalüta",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "криптовалюта"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ruubəybannɑɑkriiptou",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "រូបិយប័ណ្ណគ្រីបតូ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "luykriiptou",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "លុយគ្រីបតូ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "暗號貨幣",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "amhohwapye",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "암호화폐"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kriptovalyuta",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "криптовалюта"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cryptocurrentia"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kriptonauda"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kriptovaliuta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kriptovalúta",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "криптовалу́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "kriptowang"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "mata wang kripto"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "moni whitirangi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kryptovaluta"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kryptovaluta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ramzârz",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "رمزارز"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kryptowaluta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "criptomoeda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "criptodivisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "criptomonedă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "criptovalută"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kriptovaljúta",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "криптовалю́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "криптовалута"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kriptovaluta"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crittuvaluta"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cryptovaluta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kryptomena"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kriptovaluta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "criptomoneda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kryptovaluta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "ramzarz",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "рамзарз"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "kriptoasʾor",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "криптоасъор"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kripṭōkarensī",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "క్రిప్టోకరెన్సీ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "kripto para"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "kripto döviz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kryptovaljúta",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "криптовалю́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "shifirliq pul",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "شىفىرلىق پۇل"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "kriptovalyuta"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "type of digital currency",
      "word": "tiền mã hóa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cryptocurrency"
}

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