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Not the full picture: Wise is that big that it has already lots of local accounts and/or correspondent banks; so basicly "you get the money from Wise" but from a "local payment way/scheme" (to which Wise is connected in the background through several layers)


This is a much more optimal solution than blockchain.


that we need one company to achieve such big scale that they literally are regulated in every single country and basically become monopolistic in terms of their influence?

a Blockchain based system can maintain similar effects but with a balance of power

think about it


No worries, if any DLT-system would become somewhere somehow relevant, any regulator will catch it sooner or later.

Though, its an issue for the company, as this allocates a lot of resources wrongly.




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