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		tibbon on Feb 8, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as paym... FWIW, there's plenty of volatile fiat currencies that things are priced in today. Stability has never been required for pricing.

sethd on Feb 8, 2021 [–]

You can definitely price things in a volatile currency but that doesn't mean the situation will be ideal. One just has to look at the research on the economic impact of currency volatility on emerging markets to see how this plays out.

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