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by sushid 2201 days ago
I get that but again, it's not like these folks want to speculate with their life savings, right?

If that's the case, it seems like a stablecoin would be the right choice rather than BTC.

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My guess is that they are using that for the working money of the business, that they keep only for a week or a month. (A 2000% annual inflation is almost 5% daily, so if you have to keep the money for two days it is better to convert to something else even if the conversion has a 10% spread.)

For long term storage, my guess is that they get some real dollars and keep them under the mattress or buy some real state.

[We never had here in Argentina this level of inflation for a so long time, so I have to guess. It is weird, because most of the time I can just say "Been there, done that.", but this is an exception.]