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Re:El Salvador’s new Bitcoin wallets could cost Western Unio... by el-salvador on Thursday September 09, 2021 @04:54PM (#28474532)
> It seems Wise (nee TransferWise) doesn't ('yet') support SVC, but assuming you don't actually specifically care about El Salvador, it does support quite a range of not particularly major currencies, and that'd be my answer.

We don't support SVC in El Salvador either. The USD has been our main currency since 2001.

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Re:El Salvador’s new Bitcoin wallets could cost Western Unio... by OJFord on Thursday September 09, 2021 @07:54PM (#28476148)
Oh OK, sorry, I just got that from typing 'el sal' into the currency/country select. I have no idea how (if) it handles secondary country users of a currency if you see what I mean, given that currency conversion is only part of it - perhaps the 'main' feature is the international transfer, making it look like a local transfer/payment (by being one each end).
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Re:El Salvador’s new Bitcoin wallets could cost Western Unio... by el-salvador on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @07:22PM (#28532888)
Don't worry, even Google still believes SVC is our currency.

A search for "Bitcoin price" will show the price in SVC.

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