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cryptomarket

cryptomarket noun: a financial market where investors trade cryptocurrency.

Noun

cryptomarket (plural cryptomarkets)

  1. A financial market where investors trade cryptocurrency.
    • There is also a growing literature on the empirical regularities of cryptocurrencies. Borri (2019) shows that individual cryptocurrencies are exposed to cryptomarket tail-risks. Makarov and Schoar (2020) find that cryptocurrency markets exhibit periods of potential arbitrage opportunites across...2021, Yukun Liu, Aleh Tsyvinski, “Risks and Returns of Cryptocurrency”, in The Review of Financial Studies, volume 34, number 6, page 2690 of 2689–2727
    • The technology is creating a trustless environment, i.e., a financial system without the need for trusted intermediaries. In the brave new world of cryptocurrencies, there is no need for commercial banks to facilitate funds transfers, nor for central banks to issue currency and control interest and...2022, Frank Emmert, “Cryptocurrencies: The Impossible Domestic Law Regime”, in The American Journal of Comparative Law, volume 70, page i186 of i185-i219
  2. Synonym of darknet market.
    Synonyms:
    darknet market

Examples of cryptomarket in a sentence

  • Borri (2019) shows that individual cryptocurrencies are exposed to cryptomarket tail-risks.2021, Yukun Liu, Aleh Tsyvinski, “Risks and Returns of Cryptocurrency”, in The Review of Financial Studies, volume 34, number 6, page 2690...
  • GDP in 2021 was around USD 23.2 trillion, “only” about ten times the value of the cryptomarket, while the January 2022 market capitalization of Apple was USD 3 trillion.2022, Frank Emmert, “Cryptocurrencies: The Impossible Domestic Law Regime”, in The American Journal of Comparative Law, volume 70, page...

Synonyms of cryptomarket

Forms of cryptomarket

pluralcryptomarkets
alternative formcrypto market
alternative formcrypto-market

Origin of cryptomarket

From crypto- + market or compound of crypto (noun) (informal) + market.

Questions about cryptomarket

What does cryptomarket mean?
Cryptomarket means a financial market where investors trade cryptocurrency.
How do you use cryptomarket in a sentence?
Borri (2019) shows that individual cryptocurrencies are exposed to cryptomarket tail-risks.
What part of speech is cryptomarket?
Cryptomarket is a noun.
What is the plural of cryptomarket?
The plural of cryptomarket is cryptomarkets.

Words near cryptomarket in the dictionary

  1. cryptologies
  2. cryptologist
  3. cryptologists
  4. cryptology
  5. cryptomaria
  6. cryptomarket
  7. cryptomarkets
  8. cryptomaterial
  9. cryptomaterials
  10. cryptomathematical
  11. cryptomathematician

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