rose56@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 7 days agoEurope Is Breaking Up With Visa and Mastercard — and It’s a $24 Trillion Problemeuropeanbusinessmagazine.comexternal-linkmessage-square92linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: europe@feddit.org
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minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoWell, being dependent on a central authority wasn’t solved. And the digital Euro capable of offline transactions (when/if it ever comes) seems just as good. Crypto did establish itself as a sort of additional alternative value holder tho (like a gold alternative).
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days ago Well, being dependent on a central authority wasn’t solved. Sure it was. The only friction point is cashing out to fiat, but nothing is stopping people from doing that independent of a bank or central authority (see localbitcoin and localmonero)
Well, being dependent on a central authority wasn’t solved.
And the digital Euro capable of offline transactions (when/if it ever comes) seems just as good.
Crypto did establish itself as a sort of additional alternative value holder tho (like a gold alternative).
Sure it was. The only friction point is cashing out to fiat, but nothing is stopping people from doing that independent of a bank or central authority (see localbitcoin and localmonero)