crypto
nounUK /ˈkrɪp.təʊ/
US /ˈkrɪp.toʊ/
Crypto is a kind of digital money that lives on computers and is not run by a bank.
My uncle bought some crypto last year and watches its price every day.
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2. A short way to say cryptocurrency, a digital asset secured by cryptography.
The exchange lets you trade crypto around the clock.
3. A secret code or hidden way of writing messages.
Spies in old movies used crypto to send secret notes.
4. A combining form meaning hidden or secret, as in cryptography.
The word cryptography begins with the prefix crypto-.