Sentences with phrase «like real currencies»

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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.

THE (BLOCK) CHAIN GANG: FUTURISTIC FINANCE From digital currencies like Bitcoin to decentralized real estate ownership records, the blockchain continues to be one of the tech world's most promising and perplexing technologies.

3 In contrast to real currency, «virtual» currency is a medium of exchange that operates like a currency in some environments, but does not have all the attributes of real currency.

In prior comments, and in pieces like Going for the Gold and Valuing Foreign Currencies, I've frequently noted the importance of real (after inflation) interest rate pressures in driving commodity and currency fluctuations.

Also, I think you are aware that fiat currencies doesn't have any tangible backing in real assets like gold and silver.

While virtual currencies do not have legal tender status in any jurisdiction, they operate like «real» currency in that they are accepted as a medium of exchange.

«But if governments continue to just print money like crazy, devaluing the currencies all around the world, people are figuring it out real quick — with bitcoin that sort of thing can't happen and people are going to just flood to want to use bitcoin instead of dollars or euros or yen.»

And while that sounds like the dream of anarchists who want to free themselves from taxes and the SEC (and to some extent, it may be), there are real applications, even outside the digital currency sphere, on the horizon.

Services like iPayYou and other intermediary platforms connect your digital currency to real - world accounts, and if these accounts are compromised in any way — hacked via phishing, a stolen or lost a device, etc. — then your digital currency is exposed and vulnerable.

In some environments, it operates like «real» currency... but it does not have legal tender status [in the U.S.].

The notes from the Federal Markets Open Committee on Wednesday caused a real retracement in the dollar across several currencies, the like of which has not been seen in several months.

Perhaps like German corporations or German real estate, if they were to pull out their currency would appreciate, but if they stay in there could be more inflation generated to ease to burden of debt across the Eurozone.

Activities in the interactive exhibits include comparing real and counterfeit money, designing currency, and seeing what a million dollars really looks like.

Some, like the hi5 Coin, operate almost like tokens in an arcade or tickets at a fair: They're a stand - in for real - world currency.

Considering how widespread the lootbox system has become, appearing even in single player games like Middle Earth: Shadow of War and Assassin's Creed: Origins (though in the latter they can only be bought with in - game currency, not real money, and are thus an example of lootboxes done right) and continuing to be popular across multiplayer titles like Overwatch and Rainbow 6: Siege, it's not a far - fetched assumption that Take - Two was planning something similar for Red Dead Online.

Trying to crystal ball where the North American real estate markets are heading is like trying to predict where currencies will be on an hourly...

FOMO, meanwhile, is a very real temptation among investors and Joyce suggests putting aside some «play money» so investors get their fix of market excitement via the likes of pot stocks or crypto - currencies.

«It may seem like a paltry sum to some people but it's real money, it's currency, so it can do a lot of good for those struggling on lower incomes,» says Roy Weber, managing director of Community Charity Services for the Waterloo region in Ontario.

That includes things like real estate, land, precious metals, currency, antiques and other collectibles that appreciate in value.

Investment of cash in gold is also specifically a hedge against currency inflation; paper money, account balances, and even debt instruments like bonds and CDs can lose real value over time in a «hot» economy where there's more money than things to buy with it.

Or like the real racing thing were you can earn in game currency on the watch app might be an idea.

Other EA titles like Dragon Age 2, Mass Effect 3, Dead Space 3, and various FIFA products attest to a thorough butt - reaming by EA, through either getting ripped off for in - game currency or the real kind.

Instead we seemed to get them trying to make the Xbox One seem like it was giving back to consumers, free games with Gold subscriptions, converting to real world currency instead of silly Microsoft Points.

It doesn't seem like Ubisoft currently has any way to restore in - game currency purchased with real money if it has been lost due to corruption.

Whereas most successful freemium games have some sort of manipulation (like allowing the player to buy things with in - game currency but making it much more faster to use real money), Path of Exile avoids this problem entirely.

«Once we confirm that the game economy is balanced and fun for our players out in the wild,» said the studio, «we plan to offer Tokens [a real - money currency that works like CR] as a matter of player choice.

Yes, there is a fair amount of grinding involved, and yes that grinding can be mostly skipped if you spend real money, but spending real money on Warframe's premium «Platinum» currency never feels like an obligation, and the only items that can only be purchased with Platinum are purely cosmetic.

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).

Coins are the in - game currency of Pokémon Go, but like most in - game currencies the AR - powered smartphone app is decidedly stingy when it comes doling out the cash because you can, of course, buy them with your real - world money.

In the first «Destiny,» players got the best rewards for completing the game's more challenging activities, like the six - person raids; in «Destiny 2,» however, the game's most attractive rewards flow through the «Eververse» store, the game's virtual storefront where players can use in - game currency (which can be bought with real money) to acquire items in the game.

It can be played for free and the in - game champions can be bought with real life money or in - game currency, like in many MOBAs.

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.

Unlike Steam — but like Xbox at the time — Microsoft's store didn't use real currency.

Another example can be found in globalized cities: across the world, people are being pushed out of urban centers, including in Berlin, to make way for luxury property developments traded like currency on the global real estate market.

And the solution is to use a widely fluctuating metal as our currency, repeal the civilrights act, end all welfare (for minorities) and to elect anyone but democrats (ie republicans but like real real republicans).

«The fact is the banking sector can't act like a bunch of ostriches and stick their heads in the sand and pretend these digital currencies aren't a real thing that's heading their way — it is.

Unlike Steam — but like Xbox at the time — Microsoft's store didn't use real currency.

Sources say that the ICO will require real fiat currency like US dollars for buy - in, not Bitcoin or Ether as others ICOs have to date.

In some environments, it operates like «real» currency — i.e., the coin and paper money of the United States or of any other country that is designated as legal tender, circulates, and is customarily used and accepted as a medium of exchange in the country of issuance — but it does not have legal tender status in any jurisdiction...... Virtual currency that has an equivalent value in real currency, or that acts as a substitute for real currency, is referred to as «convertible» virtual currency.

«In the coming weeks and months, we will be attaching the HFC blockchain in several ways to the major cryptocurrency networks to enable you to freely trade HFC for other currencies like Bitcoin or Ether, or to use exchange markets to convert it back to real - world currency if you like,» said Rosedale.

«In the coming weeks and months, we will be attaching the HFC blockchain in several ways to the major cryptocurrency networks to enable you to freely trade HFC for other currencies like Bitcoin or Ether, or to use exchange markets to convert it back to real - world currency if you like,»

That may be fiat money (real centralized currency, like $ or $) or other cryptocurrencies.

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.»

, 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.»

Mining for virtual currencies like bitcoin may not be as messy as its real - world equivalent, but the supply of electricity needed to cool the massive computing power that produces the currency means it has also developed a reputation for harming the environment.

The CEO of the largest bank in the United States supports a currency that would be centralized and controlled by a state, like the US Dollar, not any other cryptocurrency that has no «real value», as he commented.

Bitcoins, like real coins, can be swopped to dollars, pounds or euro (and other currencies).

Real digital currencies like bitcoin, litecoin, DASH, ZCash, and PIVX have their own features and original blockchains, unlike digital assets which are built on top another layer of a blockchain.

In contrast to real currency, «virtual» currency is a medium of exchange that operates like a currency in some environments, but does not have all the attributes of real currency.

Centralized virtual currencies are digital currencies that have a «centralized repository»; this is likely intended as a catch - all term for any virtual currencies which are not simply tokens for «real» currency or precious metals but rather a currency in their own right, Second Life's Linden dollars is perhaps the existing canonical example, although a hypothetical Bitcoin - like unbacked currency backed by a central repository would also fall into the scope.