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digital currency

currency primarily managed, stored or exchanged on digital computer systems, especially over the Internet
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digital currency

Summary

digital currency ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (567 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • digital currency is a type of alternative currency[2].
  • digital currency is a type of payment system[3].
  • digital currency is a type of financial product[4].
  • digital currency's Commons category is recorded as Digital currency[5].
  • digital currency's said to be the same as is recorded as electronic money[6].
  • digital currency's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Digital currencies[7].
  • digital currency's different from is recorded as electronic cash[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include alternative currency[2], payment system[3], and financial product[4].

Why It Matters

digital currency ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (567 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Digital currencies
    Subclass of → alternative currency, payment system, financial product
    Said to be the same as → electronic money
    Different from → electronic cash
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987013167894605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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