digital currency en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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. It may be either a cryptocurrency (involving blockchain and coin mining) or not.
Near-synonyms: cybermoney, cybercash, e-cash, digital money, e-money, electronic money
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.
2007 October 10, Steve Lohr, “Free the Avatars”, in New York Times Bits Blog:State-backed digital currencies, issued by central banks, are under development in various countries.
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.
2013 April 11, Nathaniel Popper, Peter Lattman, “Never Mind Facebook; Winklevoss Twins Rule in Digital Money”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| digital currencies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
cold hard cash · hard cash · cold cash
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Synonyms
e-money · electronic currency · cybercurrency · electronic money · virtual currency · cybermoney · e-currency · digital money · cybercash · e-cash
Translations (13)
ka ციფრული ვალუტა (any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems) · ar عملة رقمية (any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems) · sw sarafu ya kidijitali (any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems) · mk дигитална валута (any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems) · hy թվային արժույթ (any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems) · de digitale Währung (any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems) · it valuta digitale (any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems) · uk цифрова валюта (any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems) · ro monedă digitală (any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems) · ru цифровая валюта (any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems) · es moneda digital (any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems) · cs digitální měna (any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems) · fi digitaalinen raha (any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems)