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Re:A16Z is re-registering as a financial advisor, renouncing... by garmaine on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @12:10AM (#19560647)
Anywhere where there is no trusted intermediary, or their fees are too expensive.

(And yes that’s a much smaller space than the block chain hype machine makes it out to be, but it is something tangible.)

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Re:A16Z is re-registering as a financial advisor, renouncing... by QuackingJimbo on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @12:12AM (#19560656)
> Anywhere where there is no trusted intermediary, or their fees are too expensive

Such as......?

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Re:A16Z is re-registering as a financial advisor, renouncing... by garmaine on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @12:14AM (#19560669)
Extremely common in international transactions, to name one space I work in.
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Re:A16Z is re-registering as a financial advisor, renouncing... by icelancer on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @01:44AM (#19561057)
Not sure why you are being downvoted, this is a very obvious use case for large sums of money transferred internationally, especially in certain jurisdictions.
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