Re:S&P Dow Jones Indices to launch cryptocurrency indexes in...
by mbesto on Sunday December 06, 2020 @11:45AM
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> It is at the whims of whoever decides the interest rate.
Which is precisely what makes it a fiat currency - its value is determined by a government entity.
> A US Government 10 yr bond currently yields 0.91%, and has been falling consecutively since its peak in 1981.
You know there are other fiat currencies right?
> not sure how you determined there is much utility in using it for saving.
"store of value" doesn't mean simply saving, it means the asset doesn't depreciate. The alternative to a fiat currency is to hold your goods as is and barter them, which relative to a fiat currency is a bad idea. Your cow eventually dies, your milk eventually soils, your tree eventually dies, etc. etc. In other words those assets all eventually depreciate to zero.
Which is precisely what makes it a fiat currency - its value is determined by a government entity.
> A US Government 10 yr bond currently yields 0.91%, and has been falling consecutively since its peak in 1981.
You know there are other fiat currencies right?
> not sure how you determined there is much utility in using it for saving.
"store of value" doesn't mean simply saving, it means the asset doesn't depreciate. The alternative to a fiat currency is to hold your goods as is and barter them, which relative to a fiat currency is a bad idea. Your cow eventually dies, your milk eventually soils, your tree eventually dies, etc. etc. In other words those assets all eventually depreciate to zero.