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fiat

[fee-aht, -at, fahy-uht, -at] / ˈfi ɑt, -æt, ˈfaɪ ət, -æt /


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He noted the erosion of trust in the fiat system, the unprecedented money printing and the accumulation of sovereign debt.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

SoFi Technologies launched “SoFi Big Business Banking” for enterprise clients, offering 24/7 banking for fiat and stablecoins like SoFiUSD.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

“It improves reliability and efficiency for moving fiat deposits in and out of digital-asset markets,” said Arjun Sethi, co-chief executive of Kraken.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

If the justice were genuinely worried about this possibility, one would not expect him to erase a key safeguard against it by judicial fiat.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

The question caught me by surprise; I had been waiting for a fiat, and now a choice lay before me.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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