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> crypto virtual card The cards are not “crypto” — they are very much ordinary virtual (or even physical) visa/mastercard ones. You use p2p crypto to top-up t
by piskov 3y ago
> crypto virtual card
The cards are not “crypto” — they are very much ordinary virtual (or even physical) visa/mastercard ones.
You use p2p crypto to top-up them with real dollars from RUB.
It takes around 5 minutes to get a virtual Visa card. And if you want to get a physical one (for traveling), there are a lot of countries (even NATO ones) where you can get one with no problem at all.
> any serious business that doesn't take crypto.
Again, you’re not paying crypto. You use ordinary cards to pay in any store that you like.
- throwaway290 3y agoTurkey and others crack down on this regularly. Besides if you have the money to go to Turkey or pay extra to unscrupulous forwarders it means you are already well off, if the regime pays you well then good for you I guess. People in remote villages that supply new meat for the war don't have that luxury. They only have a TV that tells them everything is fine Yes even in Iran people manage to buy foreign goods and find ways to work around sanctions. But if you say "Russia is becoming like Iran/North Korea" and "Russia is thriving" are the same then I rest my case.
- piskov 3y ago> Turkey and others crack down on this regularly Yeah-yeah. That’s why Turkey launched direct rouble to lira payment app just a couple of days ago :-) https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/93267/ https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/93267/ Not to mention number of banks in Turkey alone that have no problem opening accounts to Russians
- throwaway290 3y agoYeah, their banks also started charging monthly fees to drain tourist accounts and close them after that Yes if you are at the top of the regime with a bunch of money many doors in unscrupulous countries worldwide open to you, not so much if you are a ordinary person, and guess what most people are more or less ordinary