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- Visa Patent Allows Banks to Mint Digital Fiat Currencies Using Blockchain https://www.coindesk.com/visa-digital-fiat-currency 2 comments
- Stablecoins [backed by fiat currencies] To Become A Payment Tool In the UK https://bitcoinist.com/stablecoins-to-become-a-payment-tool-in-uk/ 7 comments cryptocurrency
- Ukraine already trades more crypto than fiat currency. Now assets like Bitcoin are officially legal https://fortune.com/2022/02/18/ukraine-legalizes-cryptocurrency-bitcoin-russia-digital-assets/ 71 comments cryptocurrency
- Google Adds Cardano (ADA) To US Dollar (USD) Conversion Rate, Along With 50 Other Fiat Currencies https://thecryptobasic.com/2022/02/14/google-adds-cardano-ada-to-us-dollar-usd-conversion-rate-along-with-50-other-currencies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=google-adds-cardano-ada-to-us-dollar-usd-conversion-rate-along-with-50-other-currencies 15 comments cryptocurrency
- Forget About Fiat Currencies: Voyager to Let Users Buy Stocks With Crypto https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-09/forget-about-fiat-voyager-to-let-users-buy-stocks-with-crypto 7 comments cryptocurrency
- Bitcoin has the potential to be a long-term store of value with a fixed supply that protects its value, unlike fiat currencies, which are government-issued currencies not backed by a physical commodity and controlled by central banks https://www.yahoo.com/now/bitcoin-vs-gold-buy-175037032.html 9 comments cryptocurrency
- Blockchair now supports almost 200 fiat currencies in its BTC and BCH explorers, printable PDF transaction receipts and the API! https://twitter.com/Blockchair/status/1461044574059741188 21 comments btc
- Miami Mayor is willing to accept all his salary in BTC because of how messed up fiat currency is https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/miami-mayor-francis-suarez-says-he-will-accept-entire-salary-in-bitcoin 12 comments cryptocurrency
- Tether Fined $41 Million for Lying About Fiat Currency Backing - Careful with your stablecoins! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-15/tether-bitfinex-to-pay-fines-totaling-42-5-million-cftc-says 11 comments cryptocurrency
- Is crypto a threat to fiat currency? Or future of money? https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/oct/03/is-crypto-a-threat-to-fiat-currency-or-future-of-money-2366979.amp 21 comments cryptocurrency
- Lebanese Rush into Crypto as Fiat Currency Loses Over 90% of Its Value and Inflation Soars https://bitcoinexchangeguide.com/lebanese-rush-into-crypto-as-fiat-currency-loses-over-90-of-its-value-and-inflation-soars/ 30 comments cryptocurrency
- 76% of finance professionals believe cryptocurrency will rival or replace fiat currency within 5 to 10 years according to Deloitte survey https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/topics/understanding-blockchain-potential/global-blockchain-survey.html 20 comments cryptocurrency
- Bitcoin to overtake fiat currency by 2050, report http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/955212/bitcoin-to-overtake-fiat-currency-by-2050-report-955212.html 24 comments cryptocurrency
- Debunking myths: Is crypto limited to being a fiat currency? Classifications of crypto https://m.economictimes.com/markets/cryptocurrency/debunking-myths-is-crypto-limited-to-being-a-fiat-currency-classifications-of-crypto/amp_articleshow/83980462.cms 15 comments cryptocurrency
- Wall Street Asks if Bitcoin Can Ever Replace Fiat Currencies https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-13/wall-street-asks-if-bitcoin-can-ever-replace-fiat-currencies?srnd=cryptocurrencies 64 comments cryptocurrency
- How to sell your BCH for fiat currency using OKEx p2p trading https://read.cash/@BCH.India/how-to-sell-bch-for-fiat-money-using-okex-p2p-trading-bc8379aa 6 comments btc
- We are in the Final Stage of the Collapse of the FIAT Currency Empire https://7bitcoins.com/we-are-in-the-final-stage-of-the-collapse-of-the-fiat-currency-empire/ 7 comments btc
- Hi! Today, I'm announcing the upcoming launch of bitruption.com, a marketplace where you can advertise, buy, and sell Bitcoin Cash for your local fiat currency https://medium.com/bitruption/announcing-bitruption-com-773d1611674e 16 comments btc
- Tim Draper Predicts Using Fiat Currencies in Five Years Will Be Laughable https://news.bitcoin.com/tim-draper-predicts-using-fiat-currencies-in-five-years-will-be-laughable/ 3 comments btc
- "The Future Is Here": Singapore Tokenizes Fiat Currency on the Blockchain | Bitcoin Magazine https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/future-here-singapore-tokenizes-fiat-currency-blockchain/ 8 comments ethereum
- If a new country was formed and wanted to make it's own fiat currency, and the international community recognized it, how would the value be determined? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/4zkyl5/if_a_new_country_was_formed_and_wanted_to_make/ 15 comments askscience
- 'The 23-year-old man who killed a TSA official at LAX yesterday was carrying a one-page “manifesto” that included references to the Federal Reserve and “fiat currency..."' http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/11/02/hatewatch-exclusive-alleged-lax-shooter-referenced-patriot-conspiracy-theories/ 65 comments politics
- Billionaire Gold Miner: Bitcoin and Gold will grow to rival fiat currencies. http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2013/08/20/rob-mcewen-interview-on-gold-prices-gold-miners-and-bitcoin/3/ 17 comments economy
- Are Fiat Currencies Headed for a Collapse? http://www.cnbc.com/id/48349503 45 comments europe
- Fintech Software Firm, Appzone Group has Launched "Zone" Africa’s first blockchain platform for payment processing that facilitates local and intra-African payments in fiat and digital currencies https://guardian.ng/technology/fintech-unveils-new-solution-for-africa-on-blockchain/ 7 comments cryptocurrency
- Digital Assets Will Replace Fiat Currency Within 10 Years – Deloitte Global Blockchain Survey https://www.coinspeaker.com/digital-assets-replace-fiat-currency-deloitte/ 17 comments cryptocurrency
- Turkey continues to Harass Cryptocurrency to Protect its double digit inflating FIAT Currency https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/turkey-adds-cryptocurrency-exchanges-to-terror-funding-rules-101619865537509.html 8 comments cryptocurrency
- Lebanon Central Bank is "No Longer Able to Intervene" as Its Fiat Currency Crashes Double Digits https://coinspice.io/news/lebanon-central-bank/ 27 comments btc
- How can the Ethereum community help people who live in countries where their fiat currencies are hyper-inflating or are in danger of hyper-inflating? https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/9kt7bn/how_can_the_ethereum_community_help_people_who/ 9 comments ethereum
- "The root problem with conventional currency is all the trust that's required to make it work. The central bank must be trusted not to debase the currency, but the history of fiat currencies is full of breaches of that trust" - Satoshi Nakamoto <- Brillant https://twitter.com/GoldTelegraph_/status/986715688717901824 4 comments btc
- Avoiding fiat currency exchange fees with crypto? https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/7viiws/avoiding_fiat_currency_exchange_fees_with_crypto/ 6 comments btc
- The too-big-to-fail powers-that-be can already print UNLIMITED FIAT. If some of them really believe that Bitcoin can become the world's next reserve currency, then either (a) they try to kill it or (b) they try to quietly, cheaply buy it. What if (b) is happening right now? What would it look like? https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/5iao4y/the_toobigtofail_powersthatbe_can_already_print/ 44 comments btc
- From Today, Kraken Has Direct DAO Token Trading for BTC & Fiat Currency https://news.bitcoin.com/kraken-dao-token-fiat/ 4 comments btc
- "After Great Britain tried to destroy and control the currency of our new country, Congress realized the danger of fiat..." http://www.the7thfire.com/new_world_order/final_warning/financial_background_beginning_monetary_control.htm 10 comments worldnews
- [The Sydney Morning Herald] China understands that Bitcoin is their financial weapon to replace the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency. Bitcoin threatens fiat money but it especially threatens the US dollar and China wants to do things to weaken the USD. https://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/financial-weapon-bitcoin-becomes-another-factor-in-china-us-contest-20210416-p57jz3.html 3 comments cryptocurrency
- Is This the End of Fiat Money After a 50 Year Dominance? The collapsing of fake currencies https://medium.com/zen-and-the-art-of-crypto/is-this-the-end-of-fiat-money-after-a-50-year-dominance-ed05ef8e8dd6 32 comments cryptocurrency
- Global e-commerce platform Ethair will allow purchase in both crypto and fiat currency; to be launched in USA and Canada - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/cryptocurrency/bitcoin/global-e-commerce-platform-ethair-will-allow-purchase-in-both-crypto-and-fiat-currency-to-be-launched-in-usa-and-canada/articleshow/86072047.cms 6 comments cryptocurrency
- Interesting: Everex using Ethereum & Digitized Fiat Currencies to Drive Financial Inclusion https://medium.com/everex/everex-and-ethereum-bring-financial-inclusion-to-all-ec75904447ce#.7fe6ptjyc 6 comments ethereum
- Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed expansive sanctions actions against certain Russian entities and individuals (EO14024) All US persons are required to comply with OFAC regulations, regardless of whether a transaction is denominated in traditional fiat currency or virtual currency. https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/faqs/1021 2 comments btc
- There is a reason why every fiat currency in the history of the world has eventually failed. "So far, complete and total disaster has not struck, so most people think that everything must be okay. But it is not." http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-23/qe-worked-weimar-republic-little-while-too 14 comments economy