“Crypto coins backed by a fiat currency, like the US dollar.”

Total junk.. the whole idea of Bitcoin was the ability to get away from a government inflated currency.... My deal is if I have any cash sitting around I transfer it into brokerage account and put it into SLV or GLD.. nowadays you can do that in 5 minutes by creating an account with one of the Brokers that donchargerge any fees
 
If they're pegged to the USD what's the point of trading them and not just trading the USD?

Let's you exit out of trades into a stable "currency". Most exchanges don't do crypto trades against the dollar but rather do so against another crypto. The stable coin of choice has been Tether, but they're a bit sketchy about the funds backing that coin.
 
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