1.0 USD = 158.3 Rub

Re:1.0 USD = 158.3 Rub by rapidlua on Monday March 07, 2022 @12:27PM (#30590645)

This is fake. Sells at 105 right now. Edit: I have an account in a Russian bank and can purchase usd at this rate right now.

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Re:1.0 USD = 158.3 Rub by relix on Monday March 07, 2022 @12:31PM (#30590710)

If that's fake, you can make an easy 50% profit by arbitraging it. If you are somehow practically unable to arbitrage it, then you just discovered the reason why the conversion rates are so different.

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Re:1.0 USD = 158.3 Rub by waffleiron on Monday March 07, 2022 @12:32PM (#30590735)

> If you are somehow practically unable to arbitrage it,

On the Wise page it says "Sending money to RUB with Wise is temporarily stopped." So yeah, that's why the rates are so different.

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Re:1.0 USD = 158.3 Rub by extropy on Monday March 07, 2022 @12:32PM (#30590730)

Could be that the marked is getting split because of the sanctions and internal prices are diverging.

Similar in Soviet times there was a special internal rate that was very disconnected from international.

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