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They are only synonyms to coinheads.

I don't own any crypto and barely keep up with the happenings in the ecosystem.

Cryptocurrency is just more commonly talked about than cryptography.

Well... for a site like HN where people do regularly talk about actual cryptography, I'd argue it's the wrong term.

Calling cryptocurrencies crypto is like calling an MLM gig a job.

Yet cryptography is far more widely used.

Dictionary has

1) a person who secretly supports or adheres to a group, party, or belief.

2) cryptocurrency.

3) cryptography.

obvs the perceived meaning of words depends on context. You can't really just declare 3) is the only true meaning.

Funny, my dictionaries don't have a definition for "crypto" at all. Google gives only the following two definitions for me:

1. short for cryptography.

2. (informal) a person having a secret allegiance to a political creed, especially communism.

Or as a prefix / combining form:

1. concealed; secret.

From the Greek kruptos.

I have no idea who manages www.dictionary.com, but I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they took payments from coinheads to push this shit.