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Why convert USD to USDC and back again, and get two currency exchange dings, on top of the blockchain transfer fees... all for the privilege of still needing to
by nwah1 4y ago
Why convert USD to USDC and back again, and get two currency exchange dings, on top of the blockchain transfer fees... all for the privilege of still needing to trust Circle (backed by the sinking ship of Coinbase) when you could just do a cheap and simple wire transfer. Same amount of trust, but less fees and the trusted party is more trustworthy.
Edit: Come to think of it, you'd need to trust both Circle and whatever cryptocurrency exchange.. in addition to your bank. With wire transfer you just need to trust the wire and your bank. So two parties vs three.
Wire is actually more trustless!
- anonymouse008 4y agoOur Letters of Credit and Document Collection finance charges and operational hoops were insane when starting out. That's the sweet spot for margin / profitability for the 'bank-less' transfer. Your comment correctly points it out that the wire is the more profitable if you can forgo the loc/dc costs by a trusted relationship with wires.