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Re:I Wasted 8 Years of My Life in Crypto by valleyer on Monday December 08, 2025 @03:59PM (#46197584)
Folks, the word "fiat" is not an initialism, unless you're referring to the car brand.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fiat

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Re:I Wasted 8 Years of My Life in Crypto by OhMeadhbh on Monday December 08, 2025 @06:12PM (#46198982)
It's funny. I drive a FIAT, and started capitalizing it ... But yes, in this instance I was talking about fiat currency, not FIAT Currency, a little known sportster model sold in the UK market for one year 1968.
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