cryptoverse

English

Etymology

From crypto- +‎ -verse.

Proper noun

the cryptoverse

1. (informal) The domain of cryptocurrency or individuals involved with cryptocurrencies.

   Synonym: cryptosphere

   • 2022 July 7, Declan Harty, “Crypto just suffered its worst first half ever. Now what?”, in Fortune‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: Fortune Media Group Holdings, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 January 2024:

     Well, despite the turn in the calendar to the back half of 2022, little seems to have changed so far to assuage fears over contagion in the cryptoverse.

   • 2023 March 7, Hannah Lang, Lisa Pauline Mattackal, “Cryptoverse: Hooked on growth, bitcoin investors turn to smart tokens”, in CTV News‎^[2], archived from the original on 2023-03-22:

     James Butterfill, head of research at CoinShares, warned it was also too early to call a major divergence in crypto. Indeed, bitcoin's shadow still looms large over the sector, with its share of the total crypto market capitalization up slightly to 40%, from 38% at the start of the year. ¶ But on the other hand, Butterfill said such departures could be a potential sign of the cryptoverse growing up.

   • 2024 January 9, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch, Ephrat Livni, “Boeing’s Max 9 Crisis Deepens”, in The New York Times‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-17:

     About a dozen firms, including the crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments and fund giants like BlackRock and Fidelity, have applied to the agency in recent months to begin offering customers a so-called spot Bitcoin E.T.F. Bitcoin has climbed more than 170 percent in the past year on hopes the agency will greenlight the E.T.F.s, bringing crypto trading further into the mainstream. ¶ The cryptoverse is confident, despite a decade of denials.