Citations:cryptobro

Noun: "(slang, sometimes derogatory) an enthusiastic male cryptocurrency supporter, especially a dogmatic, condescending one"

 * 2018, Nick Paumgarten, "The Prophets of Cryptocurrency Survey the Boom and Bust", 22 October 2018 issue:
 * He likes to cite Lambos—as in Lamborghini, the cryptobro trophy ride of choice—as shorthand for the excessive trappings of wealth, which do not interest him.
 * 2019, John Hargrave, Blockchain for Everyone: How I Learned the Secrets of the New Millionaire Class (And You Can, Too), page 297:
 * "When it comes to blockchain, never invest more than you can afford to lose. One hundred percent. High-risk gambling, day trading, speculating—that's the way of the crypto bros."
 * 2019, Scott Indrisek, "Paint It Loud", GQ, September 2019, page 153:
 * She'd rather bitch about the way crypto-bros have driven up rents in San Juan,
 * 2019, Jemima Kelly, "Is bitocoin really an 'uncorrelated safe haven'?", BusinessDay, 20 November 2019, page 51:
 * It turns out though, that the New York crypto bros aren't the only ones pushing the “uncorrelated safe haven” idea.
 * 2020, Brendan January, Cryptocurrencies and the Blockchain Revolution: Bitcoin and Beyond, unnumbered page:
 * Crypto supporters, or cryptobros, urged the SEC to approve a Bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF).
 * 2020, Jeff John Roberts, Kings of Crypto: One Startup's Quest to Take Cryptocurrency Out of Silicon Valley and Onto Wall Street, unnumbered page:
 * For everyone else, it meant “crypto bros looking for a tax haven.”
 * 2021, Jonathan Beller, The World Computer: Derivative Conditions of Racial Capitalism, pages 251:
 * Clearly, this task cannot be left to white guys, to white crypto-bros.
 * 2021, Michael Mechanic, Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live—and How Their Wealth Harms Us All, unnumbered page:
 * Crypto bros defend the imbalance by noting that women are more risk-averse than men.
 * 2021, John Dyall, "Like it or not, Bitcoin is here to stay", Financial Standard, 8 March 2021, page 26:
 * Some of this is a branding exercise, with brands like Tesla wanting to be associated with the sort of people that would hold Bitcoin (shoutout to the “crypto bros” reading this!)