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No, of course not: the payment provider does an on-the-fly conversion for me into whichever currency is required on the other end.
There are a ton of banks that now give out credit cards that support Bitcoin wallets. I, personally, have 3: Revolut (https://www.revolut.com/crypto/), BitPanda (https://www.bitpanda.com/en/card) and Wirex (https://wirexapp.com/card).
There are more options in the EU (such as Xapo Bank) and even more in the US, like Strike (https://www.strike.me) and Cash app.
Look up Gresham and Thiers' Laws
I'm believe our current economic system entirely bonkers and going to crash, but that doesn't mean we won't build it on fiat again... But some people think we will go back to some type of hard money... For which bitcoin is the internet age grift...
Where Raoul has refined his narrative but still ends with attempting to demonize, fear monger, and attempting to instil doubt that (or perhaps it's part of self-soothing) that maybe the other side ("anti-Bitcoiners") is simply too rigid in their logic - and why their logic, that seemingly "pro-Bitcoiners" are starting to understand - so they just need to be sure to loosen up some, in case their solid logic is too strict; the irony here is that thinking or advice here is projecting.
youve been able to hold bitcoin in a retirement account for a decade now, depending on your start date ... could be a good or bad investment.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/GBTC/chart#eyJpbnRlcnZhbCI6I...
if you bought at any time besides in the year 2021, your investment held its value. at this point, its just a place to park value, until its not. unlike the other comment saying its not gold, it clearly is functioning as gold-like.