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Re:Diem – A rebrand of Facebook’s Libra by lbotos on Sunday December 06, 2020 @12:31PM (#25324987)
Money (at least in the US) is backed by the "full faith of the US Government" for whatever that is worth.

https://seekingalpha.com/article/145722-what-really-backs-th...

a lot of people like that crypto isn't backed by a gov, but i'd like to believe that most people would agree that the government has some intrinsic worth.

Re:Diem – A rebrand of Facebook’s Libra by camgunz on Sunday December 06, 2020 @01:09PM (#25325284)
It is literally worth trillions ($27t)! The credit-worthiness of the USD is so good we've sold trillions of them. It's just such an inarguable stat haha.