What is Cryptocurrency

In short, Cryptocurrency, or crypto for short, is a digital currency or token that is created by computer programming, it deals with cryptography. Cryptocurrency is not tangible, meaning it can not be touched physically, yet it has some kind of market or intrinsic value. For instance, if you have ever bought an item using digital tokens/credits, this is a similar concept. For the purpose of this article, you can imagine the following to be interchangeable: Bitcoin, crypto, cryptocurrency, digital currency.