crypto
noun
cryp·to
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plural cryptos
Definition of crypto
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: a person who adheres or belongs secretly to a party, sect, or other group
crypto
adjectiveDefinition of crypto (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: not openly avowed or declared
—often used in combination crypto-fascist
2
: cryptographic
Examples of crypto in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Bitcoin has a market value of about $186.4 billion and the other 2,327 crypto-currencies are valued at $88.5 billion, according to CoinMarketCap. — Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, "Inverted yield curve not a warning flare for recession, CU Denver professor argues," 24 Aug. 2019 Many in the crypto community believe the world’s traditional financial system is broken. — Matthew De Silva, Quartz, "What’s behind the buzz about “decentralized finance”?," 22 Aug. 2019 Rumors of impending bankruptcy swirled in the crypto community on Twitter and Reddit. — Mark Dent, WIRED, "The Hard-Luck Texas Town That Bet on Bitcoin—and Lost," 11 July 2019 This was not a story of a silent majority, but a crypto one. — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, "The Trump Campaign Pitches Women Its Crypto-Majority Argument," 17 July 2019 Pools affected by crypto can flush the germ with hyperchlorinating shock treatments. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Hard-to-kill poop parasites that lurk in swimming pools on the rise, CDC warns," 1 July 2019 Given the mixed signals, chaos currently reigns in the Indian crypto ecosystem. — Nupur Anand, Quartz India, "What are the options for an Indian investor if bitcoin is completely banned?," 21 June 2019 An all-white town’s divisive experiment with crypto 🎧 Things not sounding right? — Arielle Pardes, WIRED, "Escape Crappy News Recommendation Algorithms With the Gem App," 8 July 2019 It often is spread when babies who have crypto swim with soiled diapers or when others with diarrhea swim in a pool with others. — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, "Wanna swim? Here's how to protect yourself from bacteria, parasites," 4 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
But in the United States, crypto companies must try to comply with a smattering of state and federal regulations. — Clare Duffy And Shannon Liao, CNN, "Facebook's Libra could massively help the cryptocurrency industry — or hurt it badly," 29 July 2019 Sun back-and-forth statements in the past three days have riveted—and confused—the crypto world. — Jane Li, Quartz, "Justin Sun praises China’s socialism in apology amid pressure from authorities," 25 July 2019 The crypto world and the Afrikaner right share the rhetoric that the end is nigh: The financial system is fallible, the social contract unstable. — Gregory Barber, WIRED, "Inside an All-White Town’s Divisive Experiment With Cryptocurrency," 6 June 2019 However, crypto experts in Zimbabwe say peer-to-peer trade in bitcoin is surging, with mobile money platform, EcoCash, being the dominant payment platform for bitcoin traders from inside the country. — Tawanda Karombo, Quartz Africa, "Zimbabwe banned the US dollar from being used so local bitcoin demand is soaring again," 10 July 2019 Nationally, crypto outbreaks have increased by an average of 13% each year from 2009 to 2017. — Justin L. Mack, Indianapolis Star, "Here's every Indiana county where poop-borne parasite Cryptosporidiosis has been reported," 9 July 2019 Other open-source crypto projects, like ethereum and Tezos, have repeatedly been delayed—for years—because of technical shortcomings as well as legal squabbling and infighting. — Matthew De Silva, Quartz, "Where will Facebook’s Libra be in six months?," 3 July 2019 Developers aren’t only targeting people who are already involved in the crypto scene either. — Makena Kelly, The Verge, "MLB will release a crypto baseball game on the blockchain," 13 July 2018 Libra, the crypto coin Facebook announced last week, provides a tantalizing answer. — Kurt Wagner, courant.com, "Facebook’s Libra creates new `path to printing even more money’ through messaging services," 27 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'crypto.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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crypto
noun
cryp·to
| \ ˈkrip-(ˌ)tō
\
\
Medical Definition of crypto
: cryptosporidium sense 2
also
: cryptosporidiosis