Spend Crypto like Fiat

Be like Ethereum! (I never thought I’d write this blog)

Ethereum has been through bull runs, crashes and comebacks. It is the biggest constant in my life with prices more stable than my relationships and my love for coldplay songs. Why am I talking about this? Because building something that survives the hype cycle is rare.

Remember the business simulation games like RollerCoaster Tycoon when your parks were spinning off ten‑digit profits? Fun to look at, useless in real life. You could sell the save file to a die‑hard fan for maybe a hundred bucks, but that imaginary cash never turned into real pizza for most people.

That is exactly how most people treat cryptocurrency. They watch the number go up, then run a gauntlet of exchanges and bank rails just to buy more crypto.Time for a reality check: numbers that never leave the screen are just bragging rights!

HODL Nation by the Numbers

• 28 percent of American adults now own some crypto. That is roughly 65 million people keeping digital assets on the sidelines.
• Less than 1 percent of US online shoppers actually pay with it.
• Meanwhile 32 percent of small businesses already accept crypto at checkout.

In plain English: plenty of places will take your coins, almost no one is spending them.

Why Spending Beats Staring at the Chart

• Utility beats volatility
  Coffee tastes the same whether bitcoin hits 400K or slides to 100K. Okay, maaaybe it tastes a little bit better in a bull run but spending locks in real‑world value instead of letting price swings toss you around.
• Adoption needs transactions
  Every purchase tells merchants that crypto users are real customers, not just chart watchers. The more swipes, the more checkout buttons appear.

Bragging rights aren’t green bars on a screen and a number displayed. Real world utility, that’s where you can really put in the last word. You can buy gift cards from 3000+ brands on spendcrypto, I am recommending trying one of the following options. They are low value, easy to use in daily life transactions.

Restaurants, Delivery, Take out: Don’t split the bill and tell your Tinder date that the steak was sponsored by Crypto specially by Spendcrypto! Okay, maybe don’t mention spendcrypto, that would be overkill. An average American spends more than $150 a month eating out. That 1 Litecoin and change every month. Click on Hungry to check out the catalogue.

E-commerce and Retail
Thinking of buying the new Lego set for your kid for his birthday? Or the new cookware because, er, you need a new one? Or maybe some cozy items for your parents? Everything is on Amazon! Or Walmart! Some are specifically for online purchases and others are hybrid cards which can be used in-stores as well. Empty your wishlists from the options available in our catalogue.

Grocery
This is actually a big one. An average American spends more than $200 on groceries every week! That’s $10K+ every year. Groceries are constant purchases which do not care for the Altseason or the bear market. This is the most consistent way in which you can steadily channel your crypto gains.

Getting started is the easiest thing. Create a free account on SpendCrypto Buy a gift card in the choice of your category. The first purchase is the only mental hurdle. After that it feels like tapping Apple Pay.

You did not grind RollerCoaster Tycoon to let a fake balance collect dust. You built, you expanded, you watched as the amusement park slowly came to life. The same rule applies here. Just like Ethereum (Yes, I’m connecting with the title now!) keep showing up. Move a small fraction of your stash into some real world purchase and watch the ecosystem evolve around you.