# Cryptocurrency

*Crypto & Digital Assets — Finicade finance glossary*

A cryptocurrency is a digital asset secured by cryptography and issued on a blockchain rather than by a state. The category spans radically different things: a fixed-supply commodity like Bitcoin, a network fee token like ETH, a dollar claim like USDC, and thousands of tokens with no discernible purpose. Treating them as one asset class is the most common analytical error people make about the sector.

**Also known as:** crypto, digital currency, virtual currency

**Related terms:** [Bitcoin](https://finicade.com/glossary/bitcoin), [Altcoin](https://finicade.com/glossary/altcoin), [Stablecoin](https://finicade.com/glossary/stablecoin), [Blockchain](https://finicade.com/glossary/blockchain), [Tokenomics](https://finicade.com/glossary/tokenomics)

Source: https://finicade.com/glossary/cryptocurrency