stripe just assembled the first stack that circumvents CEXes entirely

before embedded wallets, apps were at the mercy of external wallets

privy flipped the model. they empowered apps to own the relationship with users

but CEXes still provided the best onramp, and so the

Austin Marrazza

good take https://x.com/realitywarp/status/1932907314937246128

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

appreciate the thoughts, can't say I'm informed enough to push back one way or the other. Regardless of their chances of success, stripe is  stepping into the ring imo

eh

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