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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  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. Private currency - Wikipedia

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    A cryptocurrency wallet can be used to store the public and private keys which can be used to receive or spend the cryptocurrency. The cryptographic systems used allow for decentralisation; a decentralised cryptocurrency is fiat money but one without a central banking system. In terms of total market value, Bitcoin is the largest cryptocurrency ...

  6. Digital currency - Wikipedia

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    Digital currency is a term that refers to a specific type of electronic currency with specific properties. Digital currency is also a term used to include the meta-group of sub-types of digital currency, the specific meaning can only be determined within the specific legal or contextual case.

  7. 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

  8. 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.

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

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    Cryptocurrency companies that have resisted U.S. regulatory oversight, arguing digital assets are not securities, won a court victory this week. On Thursday Ripple Labs got a landmark ruling from ...