Crypto isn’t fixing the remittance travesty—but it could: Opinion

Blockchain technology has the potential to slash transaction fees, speed up money transfers and lift up the world’s poor. Why aren't we doing that yet?

• 2023-07-28
• sending money blockchain poor communities remittances

How crypto can reshape the $130 billion remittance market in Latin America

After years of setbacks, Bitso CEO Daniel Vogel says that crypto remittances have finally broken through.

• 2023-05-03
• Latin America Daniel Vogel remittances side hustles

Jack Mallers' Strike Service, Send Globally, Tackles Bitcoin-Fiat Remittances

The new Lightning-based service lets users in the U.S. send even small cash payments to parts of Southeast Asia and Africa quickly and cheaply. Eventually, the service will be available throughout the world, giving foreign workers everywhere a new way to send their pay back home. That’s why Send Globally is one of CoinDesk’s Projects to Watch 2023.

• 2023-04-17
• Manuela Rios Lightning Network Send Globally remittance services Strike Nigeria remittances traditional financial services