«We're about to come
into a real currency war,» Jenny Buck, head of property and alternative investments at supermarket operator Tesco Plc's pension fund, said March 18 in Oxford.
«We're about to come
into a real currency war,» Buck said.
If a virtual currency is listed on an exchange and the exchange rate is established by market supply and demand, the fair market value of the virtual currency is determined by converting the virtual currency into U.S. dollars (or
into another real currency which in turn can be converted into U.S. dollars) at the exchange rate, in a reasonable manner that is consistently applied.
If it's just a way in a transaction, at some point to add something which virtually can translate on both sides
into real currencies, maybe it can be used as a system.
The report also gave a basic overview of bitcoin, noting that it is a «virtual currency that is independent of national currencies», and that it can be converted
into real currencies using certain exchanges.
Not exact matches
And that billboard was, at the time, one of the most visible examples yet of how even the most arcane aspects of the cryptocurrency craze are now bleeding
into the «
real» world — accompanying a wave of interest in more «mainstream» digital
currencies like bitcoin.
Rather than try to time the market or buy
into the newest blockchain trend, MetaStable looks closely at the
real - world use cases of various digital
currencies, and aims to make at least decade - long bets on the most «credible candidates,» Seims tells Fortune.
A carry trade is typically based on borrowing in a low - interest rate
currency and converting the borrowed amount
into another
currency, with proceeds placed on deposit in the second
currency if it offers a higher rate of interest or deploying proceeds
into assets — such as stocks, commodities, bonds, or
real estate — that are denominated in the second
currency.
With extended operating hours in some countries and access to domestic payments systems being on a
real - time gross basis, payments by banks in different
currencies into and out of the special purpose bank would be made with finality on a continuous basis.
The Bitcoin ATM has
real potential to bring Bitcoin
into more physical stores and spread the
currency.
«Bitcoin is one example of a convertible virtual
currency because it can be digitally traded between users and can be purchased for, or exchanged
into, U.S. dollars, euros, and other
real or virtual
currencies.»
At Xapo, you can very easily convert your bitcoins
into dollars, euros, or any other
currency in the world, in
real time and with no hassle.
by The banking - government industrial complex has been pulling the wool over investors» eyes for years when it comes to getting the masses to keep their savings tied up in ever rapidly devaluing fiat
currencies instead of intelligently converting them
into the only
real money out there — physical gold and physical silver — that has -LSB-...]
Bitcoin can be digitally traded between users and can be purchased for, or exchanged
into, U.S. dollars, Euros, and other
real or virtual
currencies.»
«We at Malekula farms via accepting bitcoin, look to attract and do attract the tech - savvy centric generation of investors and at the same time by accepting bitcoin transfer a portion of our farmland
real estate, an existing wealth asset
into an accepted and unrestrained international
currency vehicle for exactly the same reasons.»
GORDON T LONG: The best advice I can give is to get out of the
currencies and get
into hard assets because
real wealth, the
real collateral we talked about, is hard assets.
Russell Lamberti: Yeah my website, ETM macro advisors website is www.etmmacro.com and I am starting a new newsletter called the macro outsider, and you can sign up for it for free on www.etmmacro.com and you'll get a free essay called «The
real currency war» which is subtitled «monopoly money vs
real money» and essentially there I just go
into a lot of what we've spoken about today in terms of chronic malinvestment, the weakness of fiat
currency reserve systems, and then ultimately where I think the
real currency war is, which is in centralized vs. decentralized money, and I talk a little bit about cryptocurrencies there as well, so that's www.etmmacro.com you can sign up for that free newsletter.
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Information Technology:
Real Money from Virtual Worlds (p 68) A new type of alchemy is forming, turning virtual currency from online games into real mo
Real Money from Virtual Worlds (p 68) A new type of alchemy is forming, turning virtual
currency from online games
into real mo
real money.
Diving
into the free weekend even nets you 500 «Crowns» - the premium in - game
currency you would normally buy with
real cash.
Wide - eyed idealism doesn't buy you much
currency if you don't know how to translate it
into results - oriented action in the
real world.
Regarding diversification, this isn't strictly limited to being in various
currency - related carry trades, but through diversification
into other asset classes as well, including stocks, bonds, and
real assets, such as gold or commodities.
It's easier to put your money
into companies you know, plus
currency risk and the dividend tax credit are
real factors.
The Global Asset Management segment offers investment capabilities and styles across all major traditional and alternative asset classes such as equities, fixed income,
currencies, hedge funds,
real estate, infrastructure, and private equity that can also be combined
into multi-asset strategies.
However, I would note the more recent revival of mercantilism & a new willingness of many countries to diversify
into real assets (rather than
currencies / bonds)-- this could pose a new and more substantial / elevated risk of decline for the dollar as a reserve
currency (vs. the historical example of sterling).
Currency in Shadow of War is split
into two categories — Mirian (silver money) and Gold (a mix of
real - world and in - game money).
The ability to now loan players for a set number of matches is nice, meaning you can get the likes of Messi and Ronaldo
into your squad without spending a fortune (
real or virtual
currency).
The public beta for the new Xbox 360 Dashboard will convert your current balance of Microsoft Points
into real world
currency, although the conversion doesn't line up to the converted game prices
I never once really ran
into any of the free to play garbage I hate like stamina meters, the need to buy fake
currency with
real currency or any time or any sort.
The solutions are evaluated both in terms of the
real currency of the 21st century — gigatons of greenhouse gases avoided or sequestered — and in conventional economic terms: When possible, the research team estimated a «net cost» for each solution, one that takes both global costs and global benefits
into account.
«said «action» almost invariably translates
into the
real world as «impoverishing and immobilizing people» by driving energy costs (in some combination of
currency, queues, and unreliability) skyward.»
But a trouble is that said «action» almost invariably translates
into the
real world as «impoverishing and immobilizing people» by driving energy costs (in some combination of
currency, queues, and unreliability) skyward.
With the Ludo and The Play Fund, your play time is converted
into currency that can be used to donate
real - world items to support social projects.»
This is not Monopoly money, Parloff writes, explaining that Chung's Second Life holdings have made her
real - world wealthy, «i.e., someone whose holdings in a make - believe world are legally convertible
into genuine U.S.
currency worth more than $ 1 million.»
A prudent
real estate investor will look at an investment not only with regard to its sector fundamentals, but also with regard to the
currency in which the transaction is done, especially if the repatriation of returns (such as rental income or refinancing proceeds or sales proceeds) occurs
into a
currency other than sterling.
As the
real estate market needs great liquidity and, in the case of the corporations, they may not remain with the Bitcoins and need to convert them
into currency, it may be, in addition to the knowledge of the business that goes beyond the legal spectrum, highlighting that it is needed to understand the operation of the
real estate industry to, in fact, be an aggregating agent of innovative and effective solutions.
As the
real estate market needs great liquidity and, in the case of the corporations, they may not remain with the Bitcoins and need to convert them
into currency, it may be, in addition to the intervention of the regulatory bodies, one more obstacle to the expansion of the use of the cryptocurrencies in the
real estate market.
Extra Credits has a video that goes
into more depth: https://youtu.be/sumZLwFXJqE
Currency sinks could involve buying permanent upgrades for a character, or things that have a
real - world value.
And there's an interesting dynamic — and potential crisis — that comes
into play when you consider digital
currency, the
real - world products it can buy, and the impact on the
real - world economy.
A blockchain platform — Russia's biggest A decentralized place for crowd funding A decentralized trading Exchange A tradable Cryptocurrency WAVES has
real world tradable value on various exchanges Key Features are: - WavesDex is the Decentralized Exchange Smart contracts a lot less complex as in Ethereum Tokenization, you can make your own custom tokens or cryptocurrencies Fiat Gateways —
currency can be paid
into bank account after trade KYC required for Fiat
currency deposit and withdrawal But not cryptocurrency transactions Watch this short video explaining...
Bitcoin marketers Neo & Bee will open their first
real - life branch in Nicosia later this month, a place where the use of the virtual
currency is already creeping
into everyday life.
Visa and TenX aren't the first duo to try to bring digital
currencies into the
real world.
The free - to - play model works because game developers know that not all players will convert
real money
into in - game
currency, but enough players will to make the system incredibly profitable.
Effectively, as CoinTelegraph writes, we can use blockchains to «turn in - game items and
currency into unique crypto assets that can suddenly be owned just like
real - life objects are.»
marketglory.com MarketGlory is a strategy game economic political social and military strategy game in which you have possibility to convert your virtual
currency into real money.
, we can use blockchains to «turn in - game items and
currency into unique crypto assets that can suddenly be owned just like
real - life objects are.»
The virtual
currency could only be used within the game and could not be ever redeemed
into real money.
And the promise of turning big payoffs from buying Bitcoin
into real - world cash has created a technological arms race among
currency miners, a shortage of computers for scientists, and that, in sum, is worse for the environment than gold mining.
If true, this presents
real opportunities for cryptocurrency investors to diversify from Bitcoin and
into BCH, as well as moving
into a
currency that has yet to reach the valuation highs of the
currency that spawned it.
Rather than try to time the market or buy
into the newest blockchain trend, MetaStable looks closely at the
real - world use cases of various digital
currencies, and aims to make at least decade - long bets on the most «credible candidates,» Seims tells Fortune.