killer app
noun
: a computer application of such great value or popularity that it assures the success of the technology with which it is associated
broadly
: a feature or component that in itself makes something worth having or using
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Stablecoins are widely viewed as the next killer app for crypto.
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Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
And stop searching for that killer app! Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn.
—Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Radically improving the audit process did not involve a killer app.
—Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Stablecoins: The Quiet Revolution While Bitcoin gets the headlines, stablecoins have become crypto’s fastest growing killer app.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
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Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
And stop searching for that killer app! Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn.
—Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Radically improving the audit process did not involve a killer app.
—Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Stablecoins: The Quiet Revolution While Bitcoin gets the headlines, stablecoins have become crypto’s fastest growing killer app.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for killer app
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“Killer app.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/killer%20app. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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