Cries of scam arise as once high-flying firms fail to deliver on cryptocurrency

[Binkie The Clown]

6. Hey. Buy MY crypto currency.

crypto-

before vowels crypt-, word-forming element meaning "secret" or "hidden," used in forming English words since at least 1760, from Latinized form of Greek kryptos "hidden, concealed, secret" (see crypt; the Greek comb. form was krypho-).

Here's how it works. Send me money and I'll hide it someplace, hence "crypto". If you want any of it back, drop me a note and I'll see if I can remember where I hid it. I do plan to hide it very well, though, so I may have a hard time finding it again. But hey, as long as it's well hidden that's about as crypto as currency can be.