The Former Master of USD Printing Alan Greenspan Says “Bitcoin is What Used to be Called Fiat Money”
Another high profile economist has an opinion concerning the recent interest in bitcoin this year. Alan Greenspan who served as the Federal Reserve’s Chairman from 1987 to 2006 explains on the Fox broadcast “Mornings With Maria” that “bitcoin is what used to be called fiat money.” Greenspan thinks that because bitcoin isn’t backed by a traditional commodity he believes the decentralized currency is very much like unbacked notes issued in the past.
“I would use the analogy of Continental currency. Continental currency in 1775 was issued with no backing, and it sold at par in the marketplace for quite a while until they started to build up more and more printing of continentals,” explains Greenspan on the news broadcast.
