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by ec109685 284 days ago
Why can’t bridge just convert the money into USD? What’s the point of the stable coins step?
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jdminhbg 284 days ago
Once you buy the stablecoins, moving the money anywhere is an API call and a sub-1¢ transaction fee, rather than a cross-border wire transfer and a multi-day settlement process.
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ec109685 283 days ago
I still don’t know why there is the settlement process. If it was just a row in the database that this person has N dollars, why isn’t that enough?
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