[felixvolny]

Well it's missing the crypto part of cryptocurrency, but I agree it's pretty obvious that they are planning for this to be some sort of site-wide currency. My guess is they saw Dogecoin and the tipping culture it created, and they now want to own that aspect of the Reddit community.

[minimaxir]

It's worth noting that the engineer in charge of the project is very into cryptocurrency: http://ryanxcharles.com/archive/hold-more-bitcoins-than-you-...