fiat currency

3 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Nov 2, 2018 by Catherine (Katie) Haun · across every show →

Everything said about fiat currency, oldest first

Nov 2, 2018 negative
Assertion Supported
Haun: 99.9% of fiat money laundering succeeds despite $20B compliance spend
“In fact, it's working so fine that 99, this is staggering, I didn't even know this until a couple years ago, 99.9% of money laundering crimes with fiat currency succeed despite the twenty billion dollars annually That financial institutions put toward anti-mon…”
Catherine (Katie) Haun Nov 2, 2018 ▶ 10:14 3 Common Myths People Have About Crypto
Nov 2, 2018
Insight
Krugman: Fiat currency value is backstopped by taxes and state force
“What keeps most currencies valuable is the belief that, well, two things. The belief that governments will exercise restraint in issuing currency, ah, and the fact that legally you can pay taxes. So if you like, the thing, whole thing is backstopped by, ah, by…”
Paul Krugman Nov 2, 2018 ▶ 4:38 A Skeptic's View of Crypto (from the Point of View of Monetary Economics)
Nov 22, 2022 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Stephenson predicts both fiat and crypto will power metaverse economies
“We think that cryptocurrency and fiat currency, you know, in other words, old fashioned non-cryptocurrency, they're both going to be used in the metaverse just as they are in the real world.”
Neal Stephenson Nov 22, 2022 ▶ 56:42 Neal Stephenson on the Future of the Metaverse
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