fiat money

noun

: money (such as paper currency) not convertible into coin or specie of equivalent value

Examples of fiat money in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This shift toward dollarization—where locals prefer assets like USDC over fiat money—has implications far beyond financial convenience. —

Justin Doom, Fortune Crypto, 8 Oct. 2023 Coinbase intends to make NFT trading even more accessible by allowing buyers to pay for NFT items with fiat money with Mastercard’s help. —

Chris Smith, BGR, 19 Jan. 2022 The failure of both banks could leave cryptocurrency companies without some of the round-the-clock payment networks used to convert digital currencies into fiat money. —

Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2023 Investigators will also search for where the crypto came from; some victims will have sent fiat money and others digital currencies. —

Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2022 The norm now is fiat money, which has no intrinsic value and is not backed by anything that does. —

Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2021 Likely, fiat money inflation is running around 5% currently, not the 12-month 8.6% recently reported. —

John S. Tobey, Forbes, 24 June 2022 Pro-climate monetary policies need to involve fiat money, meaning money created by central banks, and/or authorized by legislatures. —

Christian Holub, EW.com, 20 June 2022 Central banks, on the other hand, own fiat money and can make exceptions by printing more. —

Rufas Kamau, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022 See More

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