rose56@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agoEurope Is Breaking Up With Visa and Mastercard — and It’s a $24 Trillion Problemeuropeanbusinessmagazine.comexternal-linkmessage-square106linkfedilinkarrow-up1499arrow-down14cross-posted to: progressivepolitics@lemmy.worldworld@lemmy.worldcanada@lemmy.caeurope@feddit.orgbusiness@lemmy.worldbuyfromeu@feddit.orgbuyeuropean@feddit.uktechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1495arrow-down1external-linkEurope Is Breaking Up With Visa and Mastercard — and It’s a $24 Trillion Problemeuropeanbusinessmagazine.comrose56@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square106linkfedilinkcross-posted to: progressivepolitics@lemmy.worldworld@lemmy.worldcanada@lemmy.caeurope@feddit.orgbusiness@lemmy.worldbuyfromeu@feddit.orgbuyeuropean@feddit.uktechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareEvil_ShrubberylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 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-up1arrow-down1·2 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)