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Topic: Tether moves up to #4 rank in 24 hour volume?! (Read 984 times)

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If Greeks are really trying to save their spending power, a dollar linked currency makes the most sense.

Actually that is their problem the link to the euro (which is similar to the dollar in therm of printing policy...)
They cant devalue their money because they have no admin rights on the euro central bank.

Devaluating is a key in modern economics if you like it or not its a practise.
The US and EU do it, and others.
It is used to balance the econmy demand and supply for the money (economy exports, growth and others).

The problem of Greece is their economy deviates a lot from the EU-leader Germany, which generates a gap
that could be fixed by devaluating the money. But like i said, they cant because they have no own currency.

greetings

This is assuming it is even a Greek buy-in. I haven't looked into it and I haven't read anything to confirm deny the speculation, but it makes sense on the surface.

If I'm worried that my money will be seized or devalued tomorrow, I'm not worrying about the broader political or economic implications; I am only looking to secure my spending power for the near term in hopes that it maintains its current value for the foreseeable future or until a better option shows itself or is created.

Bitcoin doesn't do this (volatile, at least historically so), but a cryptocurrency tethered to the US dollar does--I'd assume Greeks wouldn't be interested in a Euro tethered coin at the moment.  Wink Even better would be a cryptocurrency tied to commodities (food, energy) and the housing market where you are guaranteed to keep your purchasing power without losing sleep over the potential of political mismanagement.

When you want to keep your purchasing power stable its a problem.
Because it depends mainly on the period you withdraw you money for spending.
You can hedge your savings in the Forex market between the major currencies
(Eur/USD buy & sell at same price) and if you like also AUD Yen , Gold etc.

Keep in mind that there are conversion or trading expenses, and most important you cant
pay with gold or foreign money at your country. (Bills,Food,rent,gasoline)

So for me the only soloution is, to earn money faster than the inflation boils me ;-)
Easier said than done, but doing nothing is worse.
So for me i learned to trade forex(daytrading), and crypto (longterm).

There are also other ways, like you can buy a house and offer the rooms for rent.
Trade stuff like cars/art, whatever you are familiar with.

The trick is, try to gain passive income too your active work.
Another important thing is keep the value of your expenses under your income, so you can save for the hard times.


greetings





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Already made obsolete by NxT and M0nero
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This one's pegged to the dollar...

One obvious use case is speculators buying and selling it to day-trade Bitcoin. Is it listed on more than one major exchange? I can say one thing: transferring Tether - if it is listed on more than one major exchange - would be a helluva lot cheaper and faster than transferring fiat. So the second-most obvious use case is cross-exchange arbitraging of Bitcoin.

Interesting take... I was thinking myself that the best use case would be for when trading bitcoin/alt coins, you could sell your cryptos out to this fiat pegged haven, versus actual dollars. Less volatile than selling into btc, but just as transferable as btc (as opposed to cash).

Tether comes from Omnicoin (MasterCoin) dev group. They might be on to something here.

H.
legendary
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This one's pegged to the dollar...

One obvious use case is speculators buying and selling it to day-trade Bitcoin. Is it listed on more than one major exchange? I can say one thing: transferring Tether - if it is listed on more than one major exchange - would be a helluva lot cheaper and faster than transferring fiat. So the second-most obvious use case is cross-exchange arbitraging of Bitcoin.
legendary
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Life, Love and Laughter...
This one's pegged to the dollar...
legendary
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Facts are more efficient than fud
If Greeks are really trying to save their spending power, a dollar linked currency makes the most sense.

Actually that is their problem the link to the euro (which is similar to the dollar in therm of printing policy...)
They cant devalue their money because they have no admin rights on the euro central bank.

Devaluating is a key in modern economics if you like it or not its a practise.
The US and EU do it, and others.
It is used to balance the econmy demand and supply for the money (economy exports, growth and others).

The problem of Greece is their economy deviates a lot from the EU-leader Germany, which generates a gap
that could be fixed by devaluating the money. But like i said, they cant because they have no own currency.

greetings

This is assuming it is even a Greek buy-in. I haven't looked into it and I haven't read anything to confirm deny the speculation, but it makes sense on the surface.

If I'm worried that my money will be seized or devalued tomorrow, I'm not worrying about the broader political or economic implications; I am only looking to secure my spending power for the near term in hopes that it maintains its current value for the foreseeable future or until a better option shows itself or is created.

Bitcoin doesn't do this (volatile, at least historically so), but a cryptocurrency tethered to the US dollar does--I'd assume Greeks wouldn't be interested in a Euro tethered coin at the moment.  Wink Even better would be a cryptocurrency tied to commodities (food, energy) and the housing market where you are guaranteed to keep your purchasing power without losing sleep over the potential of political mismanagement.
hero member
Activity: 672
Merit: 500
If Greeks are really trying to save their spending power, a dollar linked currency makes the most sense.

Actually that is their problem the link to the euro (which is similar to the dollar in therm of printing policy...)
They cant devalue their money because they have no admin rights on the euro central bank.

Devaluating is a key in modern economics if you like it or not its a practise.
The US and EU do it, and others.
It is used to balance the econmy demand and supply for the money (economy exports, growth and others).

The problem of Greece is their economy deviates a lot from the EU-leader Germany, which generates a gap
that could be fixed by devaluating the money. But like i said, they cant because they have no own currency.

greetings
legendary
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Facts are more efficient than fud
If Greeks are really trying to save their spending power, a dollar linked currency makes the most sense.
legendary
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ICO? Not even once.
It can't cost that much to create fake volume with a pegged coin.
sr. member
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You gotta love crypto from no volume to 2 million and 0.4m marketcap

and doubling marketcap on falling price on May 19, previously only xrp managed that trick
legendary
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Thank you for this kind notification. I'll be sure to include this coin on my crypto radar.  Smiley
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I noticed this when sorting coinmarketcap by 24 hour volume, Tether showed $600K, beating out Ripple.

Are folks really using this pegged-to-the-dollar crypto?

The Tether volume appears to come from Bitfinex exchange.

Anyone care to elaborate on this, or share their usage experience with Tether?

Thanks,
H.
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