Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
In the US (the most valuable fiat-to-crypto market), onramp is about fraud. Specifically: 1. Stolen payment method fraud 2. "Friendly" regret-based (i.e. price goes down) fraud It's different than e-commerce fraud since doesn't require a physical shipping address (you can use spoofed KYC and get the good you're purchasing if it's crypto). You're also delivering the asset instantly and in a non-reversible way. And then you have a chargeback risk 30+ days later. It's a problem that requires a specific consumer data set and proprietary machine-learning model. Can Stripe build one here? Yes. Does that happen quickly? No. https://x.com/realitywarp/status/1932907314937246128
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greg
@gregfromstl
How does Coinbase offer no KYC and 0% fees for USDC onramps? Is their fraud detection just that good?
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Joe Petrich 🟪
@jpetrich
Low approval rates and low dollar amounts
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greg
@gregfromstl
Low approval rates yes, but why doesn’t every onramp do the same? For riskier transactions then send them to KYC. Most users will be under 500
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Joe Petrich 🟪
@jpetrich
I suspect they have a higher loss tolerance to push USDC forward but that's speculation
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