What are you talking about? I have direct access to buying USD via my Turkish and Russian banks. Rates and comissions are quite reasonable. Of course there are

What are you talking about? I have direct access to buying USD via my Turkish and Russian banks. Rates and comissions are quite reasonable. Of course there are risks right now, especially in Russia, but they are incomparable with risks of putting your money into some virtual bytes someone told you should just work (and we have real life examples of some of them doing quite opposite).