How to Use cryptocurrency in a Sentence

cryptocurrency

noun
  • Global cryptocurrency markets trade 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Five of them exchanged cryptocurrency addresses, photos of the substances, and promises of delivery within the hour.
    Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Oct. 2024
  • The platform also requires users to have some fluency in cryptocurrency wallets, even if there are now shortcuts available for placing bets using traditional bank accounts.
    Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The meme found new fame with the launch of the 2013 cryptocurrency Dogecoin.
    Emma Bowman, NPR, 24 May 2024
  • Despite it all, the price of the largest cryptocurrency, bitcoin, has surged.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 May 2023
  • Donald Trump’s top picks for the job include a bumper crop of figures with ties to the world of cryptocurrency.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 16 Oct. 2024
  • This is Najah Roberts, a founder of one of the few brick-and-mortar cryptocurrency exchanges in the country.
    WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023
  • If the caller says to wire money, send cryptocurrency, or buy gift cards and give them the card numbers and PINs, those could be signs of a scam.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 18 Apr. 2023
  • One hacker has penned a 50-page essay on how to invest in cryptocurrency and sell at the right time to make a profit.
    Matt Burgess, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2023
  • In bringing the charges, the SEC has staked a claim to jurisdiction over cryptocurrency.
    WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Those who agree to get their iris scanned receive a small amount of cryptocurrency tokens known as Worldcoin, or WLD.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 July 2023
  • The rise and fall of cryptocurrency empires and the fates of investors have been premium non-fiction fodder as of late.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Bitcoin is the world's oldest and best-known cryptocurrency.
    Marc Shoffman, theweek, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Coinbase is the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, with around 100 million users.
    Aaron Gregg, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023
  • Legal issues just keep on mounting in the world of cryptocurrency.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 May 2024
  • In the ocean of cryptocurrency, their movements are felt far and wide, altering currents and shifting tides.
    Jon Stojan, Detroit Free Press, 29 Aug. 2023
  • How many of them were saving the cryptocurrency versus spending it?
    Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The first most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin, launched more than a decade ago.
    Amancai Biraben, ajc, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The donations were made in cryptocurrency, which has long been a favorite of far-right extremists.
    Will Carless, USA TODAY, 12 May 2023
  • Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency and was created in 2009.
    Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Anyone who asks you to share account numbers, send gift cards or wire transfers, or to pay them with payment apps or cryptocurrency.
    USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
  • However, in our opinion, this new option doesn’t change a thing about Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency.
    Amy Wagner and Steve Hruby, The Enquirer, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Flashback: In 2017, cryptocurrency broke through to mainstream news for the first time in years, and lawmakers wanted to be seen doing something.
    Brady Dale, Axios, 3 Sep. 2024
  • In just a month, the flagship cryptocurrency soared over 50%, lifting the entire crypto market out of a prolonged winter.
    Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 22 July 2024
  • Danny also has to deal with his brother Paul (Young Mazino), who avoids work with video games and cryptocurrency trading.
    Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The indictment states that the cryptocurrency could easily be transferred to accounts held by the Sinaloa Cartel.
    Byamanda Gerut, Fortune, 19 June 2024
  • In all, Meiklejohn carried out 344 cryptocurrency transactions over the course of a few weeks.
    Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Trump instead gave scant details about the project itself and kept talking about cryptocurrency more broadly.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Scammers prefer systems that act more like cash, such as Zelle, Cash App or gift cards, or are untraceable, such as cryptocurrency.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 June 2024
  • Often, the deed is done to demand ransom money or cryptocurrency from their victims.
    Wes Davis, The Verge, 11 July 2023

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