I use crypto to denote cryptocurrencies -- what dark-suited consultants might call "digital assets", what venture capitalists may call "Web 3.0", what engineers might call "blockchain". The word Cryptocurrency is a linguistically honest definition -- a fitting distillation of what makes crypto, crypto.cryptography /krɪpˈtɑː.ɡrə.fi/ the use of special codes to keep information safe in computer networks currency /ˈkɜr·ən·si, ˈkʌr·ən-/ the state of being commonly known or accepted, or of being u...