仮想通貨(かそうつうか)

かそうつうか
noun
cryptocurrency
legalfinance
See also: 暗号資産(あんごうしさん) (crypto assets (official term))
1. cryptocurrency, virtual currency
Digital currency that uses cryptography for security and operates on decentralized networks, typically blockchain technology. Not issued by a central bank or government.
仮想通貨(かそうつうか)で支払(しはら)う。
To pay with cryptocurrency.
仮想通貨(かそうつうか)の価格(かかく)が急落(きゅうらく)した。
The price of cryptocurrency plummeted.
仮想通貨(かそうつうか)の取引所(とりひきじょ)で口座(こうざ)を開設(かいせつ)する。
To open an account at a cryptocurrency exchange.
仮想通貨(かそうつうか)の利益(りえき)には税金(ぜいきん)がかかる。
Profits from cryptocurrency are subject to taxes.

Etymology: 仮想(かそう) (virtual) + 通貨(つうか) (currency). The term emphasizes that this currency exists only digitally, not as physical coins or bills.

Terminology note: Japan officially uses 暗号資産(あんごうしさん) (cryptographic assets) in legal and regulatory contexts since 2019, but 仮想通貨(かそうつうか) remains the common everyday term.

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Related: ブロックチェーン (underlying technology)
Related: ビットコイン (Bitcoin)
Related: イーサリアム (Ethereum)
Related: 電子(でんし)マネー (electronic money (different)
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Added 2026.1.17 22:17 · Revised 2026.9.2 12:02
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