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digital currency

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: cybermoney, cybercash, e-cash, digital money, e-money, electronic money
  • State-backed digital currencies, issued by central banks, are under development in various countries.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: e-currency, electronic currency, virtual currency, cybercurrency, cybermoney, cybercash, e-cash, digital money, e-money, electronic money

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: currency

History

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Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عملة رقمية (ʕumla raqmiyya) — any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems
  • Armenian: թվային արժույթ (tʻvayin aržuytʻ) — any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems
  • Czech: digitální měna — any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems
  • Finnish: digitaalinen raha — any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems
  • Georgian: ციფრული ვალუტა (cipruli valuṭa) — any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems
  • German: digitale Währung — any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems
  • Italian: valuta digitale — any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems
  • Macedonian: дигитална валута (digitalna valuta) — any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems
  • Romanian: monedă digitală — any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems
  • Russian: цифровая валюта (cifrovaja valjuta) — any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems
  • Spanish: moneda digital — any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems
  • Swahili: sarafu ya kidijitali — any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems
  • Ukrainian: цифрова валюта (cyfrova valjuta) — any money-like asset that is primarily managed, stored or exchanged on computer systems