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Do we have any evidence? Why would anyone use a USD derivative instead of just USD?


Lower transaction fees, available to people without USD bank accounts (most of the World), and you can use smart contracts for more complex transactions than sender -> receiver.

I’m very bearish on crypto generally, but DeFi has started to catch my attention a little bit, as it does have potential to shake up finance more broadly.


I asked if we have evidence because the author made an interesting point in a recent interview on the "Bankless" podcast:

"When we hear people like Tether saying we're successfully banking the unbanked, you can look at the median transaction over the Tron network, and it's between $100 and $300. If you looked at comparable numbers in the US for credit card transactions, the median transactions is between $40 and $80. And so, do you buy that they're banking the unbanked third world who are moving a lot more money around than people in the US do?"




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