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Re:Walmart says it intends to allow shoppers to make payment... by fighterpilot on Monday September 13, 2021 @10:24AM (#28511885)
No, there's no market risk because the inventory is closed almost immediately. As the inventory comes in they hedge using liquid LTC futures which are available on a number of exchanges. Or they just sell the LTC spot straight away. Either way, it is a trivial task that one person can do manually after a few days of training.

Either they hire that one person themselves or outsource it.

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Re:Walmart says it intends to allow shoppers to make payment... by SketchySeaBeast on Monday September 13, 2021 @10:59AM (#28512319)
So they would just automatically sell the coins, as pizza234 suggested. Seems like you don't want a human trader and instead want an automated process automatically selling, considering that Wal-Mart is global and operates 24/7.
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Re:Walmart says it intends to allow shoppers to make payment... by fighterpilot on Monday September 13, 2021 @11:13AM (#28512494)
Yeah, actually I misread their second sentence initially, but that's exactly what I imagine they would do.
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