How to Use fiat money in a Sentence

fiat money

noun
  • Despite our best efforts, fiat money moves at the pace of first-class mail.
    — Matt Hougan, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The problem is that the public hates fiat money.
    — Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Back in the day, the concept of paper or fiat money would have spooked those married to the gold standard.
    — Solo Ceesay, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Housing and land are classical hedges against fiat money.
    — Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Bitcoin is a revolt against fiat money**, and an all-meat diet is a revolt against fiat food.
    — Mike Albo and Amanda Duarte, Town & Country, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Central banks, on the other hand, own fiat money and can make exceptions by printing more.
    — Rufas Kamau, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The experts think fiat money is mature and serious and the gold standard cranky, weird, and atavistic.
    — Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • These are cryptocurrencies pegged to the value of the dollar, euro and other forms of fiat money, as a way to hedge their bets.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 24 May 2021
  • For now, the main utility of cryptocurrency is still as something to be exchanged for fiat money.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2022
  • There are only a few prominent collectors who would want to pay for a banana stuck to a wall with anything other than fiat money.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 27 Nov. 2024
  • In short, all three are properties of money, without the guarantees of governments and central banks that fiat money comes with.
    — Zain Jaffer, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Now, all that backs fiat money is belief in the government or issuing institution.
    — Lisa Loud, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Its code ensures that no more than 21m coins can ever be created; that sets bitcoin apart from fiat money, which central banks can create at will.
    — The Economist, 16 Dec. 2017
  • The process involves purchasing a cryptocurrency with fiat money.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 19 Jan. 2022
  • 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
  • Breaches and theft are always going to be issues anytime money is involved, but having crypto stolen from your wallet isn’t the same as having fiat money stolen out of your bank account.
    — Zach Epstein, BGR, 31 Mar. 2021
  • The overreliance on credit cards and the accompanying increase in consumer debt are consequences of our fiat money system.
    — Ron Paul, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Only stablecoins that are readily convertible into fiat money on an exchange satisfy the rules, the agency stressed.
    — Matthew De Silva, Quartz, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Since excessive inflation is one characteristic outcome of a fiat money system, who is really surprised that such a moment might be on us again?
    — WSJ, 22 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • Bitcoin will probably indeed come to save us from fiat money, and thereby restore normal portfolio preferences across the board, including in real estate.
    — Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Those who understand the philosophy of liberty and sound economics must continue to spread the truth about the dangers of fiat money and the growth of government power and government debt.
    — Ron Paul, Orange County Register, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The most important is lost seigniorage — the implicit revenue the government earns by issuing fiat money — because higher-value notes are cheaper to store and move relative to their face value.
    — William T. Alpert, Boston Herald, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Politicians prefer the loose constraint of fiat money, which serves as a steady source of revenue in normal times and a convenient tool to reduce the real value of government debt outstanding in extraordinary times.
    — William J. Luther, National Review, 16 Aug. 2021
  • While little public information exists about how tether is created, the currency generally trades for about $1 because each coin is supposed to be backed by $1 of fiat money in a bank.
    — Matt Robinson and Matthew Leising, latimes.com, 13 June 2018
  • Onramps as the Lubricant Explosive growth in stablecoin orchestrators, also known as on and off-ramps, have helped to eliminate the pain points of getting fiat money on and off chain.
    — Aaron Stanley, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Government deficits are a symptom of the abandonment of the moral truths of individual rights and limited government for the immoral lies of the welfare-warfare state and the fiat money system that underlies it.
    — Ron Paul, Orange County Register, 11 June 2024
  • 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
  • The collapse of the fiat money system and the accompanying welfare-warfare state also provide an opportunity for those of us who understand the truth to build a society based around the principles of liberty.
    — Ron Paul, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2024

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