"digital currency" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "State-backed digital currencies, issued by central banks, are under development in various countries.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 October 10, Steve Lohr, “Free the Avatars”, in New York Times Bits Blog",
          "text": "The goal is let a person create a digital alter-ego that can travel to many virtual worlds, keeping the same name, look and even digital currency.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 April 11, Nathaniel Popper, Peter Lattman, “Never Mind Facebook; Winklevoss Twins Rule in Digital Money”, in New York Times",
          "text": "The Winklevosses say this week’s tumult is just growing pains for a digital currency that they believe will become a sort of gold for the technorati.",
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        }
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        "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."
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          "fiat currency",
          "fiat currency"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "digital money"
        },
        {
          "word": "electronic money"
        },
        {
          "word": "electronic currency"
        },
        {
          "word": "e-currency"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "broadly"
          ],
          "word": "virtual currency"
        }
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      "tags": [
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        "uncountable"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems",
          "word": "digitaalinen raha"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems",
          "word": "sarafu ya kidijitali"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "digital currency"
}

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        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Currency",
        "en:Money"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "State-backed digital currencies, issued by central banks, are under development in various countries.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 October 10, Steve Lohr, “Free the Avatars”, in New York Times Bits Blog",
          "text": "The goal is let a person create a digital alter-ego that can travel to many virtual worlds, keeping the same name, look and even digital currency.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 April 11, Nathaniel Popper, Peter Lattman, “Never Mind Facebook; Winklevoss Twins Rule in Digital Money”, in New York Times",
          "text": "The Winklevosses say this week’s tumult is just growing pains for a digital currency that they believe will become a sort of gold for the technorati.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "money",
          "money"
        ],
        [
          "fiat currency",
          "fiat currency"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "digital money"
        },
        {
          "word": "electronic money"
        },
        {
          "word": "electronic currency"
        },
        {
          "word": "e-currency"
        },
        {
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            "broadly"
          ],
          "word": "virtual currency"
        }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems",
      "word": "digitaalinen raha"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems",
      "word": "sarafu ya kidijitali"
    }
  ],
  "word": "digital currency"
}