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cryptocurrency
Digital money that lives on computer networks instead of in a bank, like bitcoin. It can be traded at any hour of any day.
The fuller meaning
A digital asset that exists on its own computer network rather than through banks, traded 24/7 on many separate venues with no single official price or closing bell. This app's real-chart library uses six major crypto coins. Custody, stablecoins, tiny fractions and the lack of market-wide circuit breakers set crypto apart.
cryptocurrency, also called crypto.
Related words
24/7 market · after-hours · Asian session · ask · base currency · bid · bid-ask spread · Bitcoin · BSE · business income