fiat

Example Sentences

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Tether is already the top performer among stablecoins -- digital tokens pegged to some fiat asset like the dollar -- and has seen its market value soar since March.

From Reuters

North Korea employs a sprawling network of currency traders, many working out of China, meant to convert stolen virtual currency into so-called fiat currencies, like dollars and euros.

From New York Times

As if awaiting the dawn of that first day of Creation, he intoned the promise of the possible: “The fiat of the Almighty, ‘Let there be Light,’ has not yet spent its force.”

From Seattle Times

"Some UK banks are blocking fiat payments to crypto companies which is not ok," Armstrong tweeted, referring to traditional currencies.

From Reuters

Kacsmaryk overshadowed a trusted system with the specter of a drug supply shaped by judicial fiat.

From Scientific American