It's quiet around here... Any updates?
@tokeweed Hey, I'm the Stellar community manager
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Yes! Joyce (cofounder, executive director) just spoke at a United Nations conference on how digital currency can help with remittances worldwide:
https://www.stellar.org/blog/stellar-speaks-un-making-remittances-workWe have a choice: we can allow fees to remain high, effectively serving as a tax on migrants who send money home. Or we can reduce the cost of remittances and put billions of dollars back into the pockets of the world’s poorest, catalyzing further economic growth.
With Stellar as the world’s universal network, we could connect the world’s 180 currencies in two to five seconds, reducing the transaction fees and transfer delays associated with cross-border payments and removing obstacles that prevent people from independently improving their lives.