Re:Big Banks Explore Venturing into Crypto World Together wi...
by Ekaros on Monday May 26, 2025 @09:10AM
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What I have missed with stablecoins is that how they fix the final settlement. That is say you send money from USA to say Somalia or North Korea. Who in those countries will have dollars most likely to give out for the stablecoin?
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Re:Big Banks Explore Venturing into Crypto World Together wi...
by wildrice on Monday May 26, 2025 @10:25AM
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Paper dollars are a common store of value in emerging markets. Trading digital dollars for paper dollars, is becoming as common as paper foreign exchange
Re:Big Banks Explore Venturing into Crypto World Together wi...
by kilimounjaro on Monday May 26, 2025 @12:49PM
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In practice, everyone just has binance app and pays each other stablecoins within that platform
Re:Big Banks Explore Venturing into Crypto World Together wi...
by xyzzy9563 on Monday May 26, 2025 @12:55PM
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The final settlement inside Somalia or North Korea isn't necessary because they can buy things from other countries where those people can do the settlement. Just like if you have US dollar bills in Somalia, they have value even if there is no nearby ATM you can find to deposit them.
Re:Big Banks Explore Venturing into Crypto World Together wi...
by ahazred8ta on Monday May 26, 2025 @03:43PM
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There are already hawala / xawala money transfer services in Somalia that will exchange cryptocurrencies for physical dollars or local currency, or load value onto a local phone app. Does that answer your question?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawala