This presentation introduces cryptocurrency. It provides definitions of cryptocurrency as a digital currency used as a medium of exchange through cryptography. It discusses the purpose of cryptocurrency and characteristics like algorithms, trading methods, market capitalization and daily trading volume. It also outlines how cryptocurrency works through mining, provides examples of top cryptocurrencies in 2018, and discusses benefits like ease of use but also disadvantages like volatility. Finally, it explains why Bangladesh Bank has banned cryptocurrency due to risks of anonymous online transactions violating financial acts.