Re:Lebanon’s underground cryptocurrency market
by danield9tqh on Friday August 27, 2021 @01:07PM
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Thanks for providing some nuance on the banking accounts. It's helpful to be able to compare crypto's impact (which I still think is substantial) against a realistic situation instead of the "centralized strawmen" that seem so common in crypto arguments.
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It's worth noting that this - and other non-crypto remittance schemes - rely on the end exchange agent having access to large amounts of physical US cash.
This article doesn't go into where that comes from, but it's not unusual for criminal gangs to launder money this way. The agent themselves might not be a criminal, but they take often use the cash supplies from one and transfer back the value somewhere else (via a legitimate business) less a commission.