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title: 'What even is money?'
date: '2021-02-03T14:26:31-08:00'
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# What even is money?

In these times of GameStop arbitrage, Cryptocurrency, billion dollar companies, and trillion dollar budgets being bandied about, it’s a fair question: [What is money?](https://juliannebrands.substack.com/p/what-is-money)

> Money is a popular topic. Today, the term money appeared in my google news search with 1,530,000,00 results. The United States Government is working on a COVID-19 stimulus package to send US dollars to millions of Americans. Bitcoin, [another form of money](https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/what-know-about-cryptocurrency#:~:text=Cryptocurrency%20is%20digital%20money.,or%20bill%20%E2%80%94%20it's%20all%20online.&text=Bitcoin%20and%20Ether%20are%20well,and%20to%20avoid%20transaction%20fees.)), is more [valuable than it’s ever been](https://www.coindesk.com/price/bitcoin).
> 
> Hopefully, by the end of this, you’ll understand what money is, how money works, and why money matters.

Money is the first topic that [Julianne Brands](https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianne-brands-she-her-5207592b/), formerly of Oregon Venture Fund and now Director of Strategy at Portland startup [Sila](https://silamoney.com/), is tackling in her new Substack newsletter, [Common Cents](https://juliannebrands.substack.com/). If you like what you learn — because I’m sure you’ll learn something new — make sure to subscribe, below.

And if you or someone you know is starting a new newsletter — on Substack or otherwise — [please make sure to let everyone know](https://siliconflorist.com/?people&post=newsletters--everything-old-is-new-again).

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\[kofi\]