[nathcd]

I really hope for some success from Interledger[1] and the Web Payments Community Group at W3C[2] to start bridging the gap and letting people exchange money (directly) with whatever currencies they want.

[1] https://interledger.org/

[2] https://web-payments.org/

[paavokoya]

   letting people exchange money (directly) with whatever currencies they want

If you had any idea the amount of regulation and ridiculousness involved in banking and forex, you'd laugh at this statement.