[CaptainZapp]

I'd wager that's because America has a rather antiquated banking system.

Moving funds between banks in the EURO area is virtually instantenous and practically free.[1]

And good luck opening any stock trading account with crypto currencies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Euro_Payments_Area

[ghthor]

And all the crypto hype that burning inside me is that as an engineer and a technologist its frustrating as hell that our banking system is so danm antiquated. Crypto for me is a manifestation of thousands of frustrated engineers saying, we can do better and technology is powerful, stop holding us back.