Battle Of The Fiats! Bitcoin Hits $50,000 … Again And Backs-off As US Dollar Sinks (What Happened To Bretton Woods?)

by confoundedinterest17

Since President Nixon helped take the US off the gold standard, the US Dollar has become FIAT currency. That is, not backed any precious asset such as gold, silver, platinum, etc. What ever happened to the Bretton Woods system?

The Bretton Woods system was the first example of a fully negotiated monetary order intended to govern monetary relations among independent states. The chief features of the Bretton Woods system were an obligation for each country to adopt a monetary policy that maintained its external exchange rates within 1 percent by tying its currency to gold and the ability of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to bridge temporary imbalances of payments. Also, there was a need to address the lack of cooperation among other countries and to prevent competitive devaluation of the currencies as well.

So much for Bretton Woods. We now live in a FIAT world where The Federal Reserve can print money almost without any limitation.

Enter cryptocurrcies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Bitcoin, the favorite of many, broke through the $50,000 barrier yesterday, only to level off below $50,000 this morning. Ethereum is level after rising yesterday. Meanwhile the US Dollar (the preferred FIAT model of The Federal Reserve) is falling.

Here are some of the cryptos out there, but I only follow Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Since Nixon and dropping off the gold standard, we have seen US Federal debt (and spending) blow out of control with the decline in M2 Money Velocity to its lowest levels.

This should be the new emblem of the US Federal government AND The Federal Reserve.