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  2. Explainer: What common cryptocurrency terms mean - AOL

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    A type of cryptocurrency inspired by internet memes, pop culture or social media trends. Unlike mainstream cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ethereum, memecoins often lack a clear utility or ...

  3. Cryptocurrency: What it is and how it works - AOL

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    Cryptocurrency is a kind of digital currency that is intended to act as a medium of exchange. Cryptocurrency has become popular in the last decade, in particular, with Bitcoin becoming the most ...

  4. Cryptocurrency - Wikipedia

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    A cryptocurrency, crypto-currency, or colloquially, crypto, is a digital currency designed to work through a computer network that is not reliant on any central authority, such as a government or bank, to uphold or maintain it.

  5. Cryptocurrency Glossary: Defining the Terms of the Hot Topic

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    Cryptocurrency was the single hottest investment story of the 2010s. Through most of the 2000s, it didn't exist. Now, it's hard to get through a single week without a new digital currency making

  6. Economics of bitcoin - Wikipedia

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    Bitcoin was designed by its pseudonymous inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto, to work as a currency, but its status as a currency is disputed. [1] Economists define money as a store of value , a medium of exchange and a unit of account , and agree that bitcoin does not currently meet all these criteria.

  7. Bitcoin - Wikipedia

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    Bitcoin (abbreviation: BTC; sign: ₿) is the first decentralized cryptocurrency. Based on a free-market ideology, bitcoin was invented in 2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto, an unknown entity (person or persons). [5] Use of bitcoin as a currency began in 2009, [6] with the release of its open-source implementation.

  8. Explainer - What makes a crypto asset a security in the US? - AOL

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    The SEC said Coinbase, the largest U.S. cryptocurrency platform, allowed users to trade at least 13 crypto assets that should have been registered as securities, including tokens such as Solana ...

  9. Cryptoeconomics - Wikipedia

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    Cryptoeconomics is an evolving economic paradigm for a cross-disciplinary approach to the study of digital economies and decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. [1] [2] [3] Cryptoeconomics integrates concepts and principles from traditional economics, cryptography, computer science, and game theory disciplines. [4]