crypto winter
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A slump in the cryptocurrency industry.
Example Sentences
- "Andreessen Horowitz, a prominent venture capital firm and one of the key financial backers of the cryptocurrency sector, said on Tuesday that we may be entering a “crypto winter”, echoing a warning from the Coinbase chief executive, Brian Armstrong, that valuations may be depressed for some time."
- "The twins announced in a blog post on Thursday morning that the industry is in a “contraction phase” known as “crypto winter,” which has been “further compounded by the current macroeconomic and geopolitical turmoil.”"
- "We’re still in that boom period, to some degree. There are still tons of crypto companies starting out, still spending lots of money. But there’s a sense now that we’re in a crypto winter."
- "The price of Bitcoin is now lower than when President Trump was elected in 2024, raising concerns of a new “crypto winter" in the industry."
- "The combination of a crypto winter and a weak stock price provides a less futuristic and more tangible rationale for [Jack] Dorsey’s cuts."