medium of exchange
noun phrase
: something commonly accepted in exchange for goods and services and recognized as representing a standard of value
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Pundits often argue that stablecoins are mostly used as a medium of exchange, pointing to their high overall onchain velocity (1% per day) as evidence.
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Mark Lurie, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
This would dramatically improve Coinbase users’ ability to use bitcoin as a medium of exchange, allowing more people to adopt and use the most advanced money technology ever invented.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
As bitcoin continues to navigate regulation, its role as a medium of exchange, a store of value, and a hedge against inflation is expected to be further cemented.
—Susie Violet Ward, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Its purpose was to compete with fiat currencies as an electronic P2P currency system, medium of exchange, and store of value comparable to digital gold.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
Much of this increase in volume can be attributed to the role that stablecoins play in the DeFi sector, both as a medium of exchange and hedges against more volatile cryptoassets.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 16 July 2023
Mark Lurie, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
This would dramatically improve Coinbase users’ ability to use bitcoin as a medium of exchange, allowing more people to adopt and use the most advanced money technology ever invented.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
As bitcoin continues to navigate regulation, its role as a medium of exchange, a store of value, and a hedge against inflation is expected to be further cemented.
—Susie Violet Ward, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Its purpose was to compete with fiat currencies as an electronic P2P currency system, medium of exchange, and store of value comparable to digital gold.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
Much of this increase in volume can be attributed to the role that stablecoins play in the DeFi sector, both as a medium of exchange and hedges against more volatile cryptoassets.
—Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 16 July 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1714, in the meaning defined above
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