How to Use cryptocurrency in a Sentence
cryptocurrency
noun
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Stocks tied to the price of the cryptocurrency got a boost.
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Tanaya MacHeel,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2024
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Nowlin used the Ether cryptocurrency to buy US dollars and then transferred those funds into his bank account.
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Karen K. Ho,
ARTnews.com,
5 Nov. 2024
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In the scam, a third party gains a victims’ trust and, over time, convinces them to invest all of their money into cryptocurrency, which immediately disappears.
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Martha Mendoza,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2024
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Dogecoin, the volatile cryptocurrency championed by Elon Musk, a high-profile backer of Trump, bounced more than 20% over the last day.
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Nicole Goodkind,
CNN,
5 Nov. 2024
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The meme found new fame with the launch of the 2013 cryptocurrency Dogecoin.
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Emma Bowman,
NPR,
24 May 2024
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Despite it all, the price of the largest cryptocurrency, bitcoin, has surged.
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Max Zahn,
ABC News,
12 May 2023
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Donald Trump’s top picks for the job include a bumper crop of figures with ties to the world of cryptocurrency.
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Melvin Backman,
Quartz,
16 Oct. 2024
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This is Najah Roberts, a founder of one of the few brick-and-mortar cryptocurrency exchanges in the country.
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WIRED,
16 Nov. 2023
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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.
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Leada Gore | [email protected],
al,
18 Apr. 2023
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One hacker has penned a 50-page essay on how to invest in cryptocurrency and sell at the right time to make a profit.
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Matt Burgess,
WIRED,
29 Aug. 2023
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In bringing the charges, the SEC has staked a claim to jurisdiction over cryptocurrency.
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WIRED,
21 Mar. 2023
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Those who agree to get their iris scanned receive a small amount of cryptocurrency tokens known as Worldcoin, or WLD.
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Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
24 July 2023
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The rise and fall of cryptocurrency empires and the fates of investors have been premium non-fiction fodder as of late.
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Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
30 Nov. 2023
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Bitcoin is the world's oldest and best-known cryptocurrency.
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Marc Shoffman,
theweek,
17 Jan. 2024
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Coinbase is the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, with around 100 million users.
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Aaron Gregg,
BostonGlobe.com,
6 June 2023
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Legal issues just keep on mounting in the world of cryptocurrency.
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Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
16 May 2024
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In the ocean of cryptocurrency, their movements are felt far and wide, altering currents and shifting tides.
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Jon Stojan,
Detroit Free Press,
29 Aug. 2023
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How many of them were saving the cryptocurrency versus spending it?
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Andy Greenberg,
WIRED,
17 Jan. 2024
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The first most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin, launched more than a decade ago.
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Amancai Biraben,
ajc,
27 Mar. 2023
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The donations were made in cryptocurrency, which has long been a favorite of far-right extremists.
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Will Carless,
USA TODAY,
12 May 2023
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Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency and was created in 2009.
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Elizabeth Napolitano,
CBS News,
4 Dec. 2023
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Anyone who asks you to share account numbers, send gift cards or wire transfers, or to pay them with payment apps or cryptocurrency.
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USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2024
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However, in our opinion, this new option doesn’t change a thing about Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency.
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Amy Wagner and Steve Hruby,
The Enquirer,
17 Apr. 2024
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Flashback: In 2017, cryptocurrency broke through to mainstream news for the first time in years, and lawmakers wanted to be seen doing something.
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Brady Dale,
Axios,
3 Sep. 2024
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In just a month, the flagship cryptocurrency soared over 50%, lifting the entire crypto market out of a prolonged winter.
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Vinamrata Chaturvedi,
Quartz,
22 July 2024
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Danny also has to deal with his brother Paul (Young Mazino), who avoids work with video games and cryptocurrency trading.
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Julie Hinds,
Detroit Free Press,
6 Apr. 2023
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The indictment states that the cryptocurrency could easily be transferred to accounts held by the Sinaloa Cartel.
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Byamanda Gerut,
Fortune,
19 June 2024
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In all, Meiklejohn carried out 344 cryptocurrency transactions over the course of a few weeks.
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Andy Greenberg,
WIRED,
17 Jan. 2024
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Trump instead gave scant details about the project itself and kept talking about cryptocurrency more broadly.
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Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2024
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Scammers prefer systems that act more like cash, such as Zelle, Cash App or gift cards, or are untraceable, such as cryptocurrency.
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Tribune News Service,
The Mercury News,
14 June 2024
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