i'm ready for the revolution. it's why i'm here...i'm sad to report that in BsAs, Cordoba, and Mendoza, 1% of
cuevas/
financieras have any clue what what Cryptocurrency is; almost all of them want to do a 1.5%-2% commission to change USDT "Tether" into Dollars or Pesos. for anyone who has spent any time at all in the Crypto/Bitcoin world, you know Tether/USDT is a centralized scam coin that is ran by a single company, subject to government search warrants and freezes, and has no auditing, proof of reserves, or scarcity. if your Social Credit Score gets low in the future, your Tether/USDT will be locked.
Bitcoin, on the other hand, and other decentralized blockchain permissionless self-custody systems can't be blocked, unless the entire planet has no internet.
that being said, you guys know i'm a purist when it comes to Bitcoin Cash (BCH) -
https://whybitcoincash.com
what i would like to start a conversation about is
off-ramping crypto to fiat/Dollars, for those who are taking profits or "Spending and Replacing" as cryptocurrency was intended to be used. here are the various options, and my thoughts:
1.
Coinbase.com selling for Dollars/USD and wiring to my linked checking account. this would trigger capital gains, with tax forms emailed to me. easiest way, normal fees, but not paying taxes to the war-loving US Federal Government. nope.
2.
USDT selling to
financieras - i am aware of
cuevas wanting USDT, but using an exchange like Coinbase.com would trigger a taxable event when selling Bitcoin for USDT/Tether. i don't want any tax implications, so this is a no-go for me (nor do i want to hold Tether/USDT even for a moment, as it could be seized or frozen). if i could find a financial entity that would take BCH for US Dollars (cash $100 bills), this could be an option, especially if they would just hand the cash directly to the house seller during the
escritura and i wouldn't have the risk of holding physical Dollars. i've heard this is around 2% but most of them want USDT or BTC.
3.
Sphere - i am also aware of fiat off-ramp services like
Sphere Labs
https://spherepay.co/ - this is a government-regulated service to sell cryptocurrency for fiat/Dollars/Pesos with a 0.1% commission fee (very small), with options for EUR and USD payments to bank accounts. that being said, like with Coinbase above, selling Bitcoin for USDT/USDC would trigger an IRS tax event, so it's a no-deal. i haven't seen if Sphere would accept BCH to pay-out or Swap for Dollars, but since they are regulated it would still be a taxable event.
https://www.binance.com/sl/square/post/8680131609329
4.
Bitcoin.com and Binance and Gemini and Kraken all have to be regulated to allow fiat/Dollars, so the same thing applies - big tax hits.
5.
BinanceP2P seems decentralized but there is no BCH option and the rates seem pretty bad. haven't tried; don't trust Binance -
https://p2p.binance.com/en
6.
Paxful seems decentralized but also some listings look shady, and i'm not sure how often people get robbed/scammed -
https://paxful.com/list-crypto-buy-sell-ad
7.
Physical precious metals/bullion - in the USA it is easy to send BCH to APMEx.com and JMBullion and ~10 reputable sites to buy gold/silver/platinum/palladium with crypto. i've done this a dozen times and it's easy, but getting metals to Argentina, or the Dollars after selling metals to Coin Shops, is very hard. it's a known route that i believe is pretty safe - send crypto, get metals like a 1-oz gold coin, sell for cash or check, then you have Dollars in your account. i'm not in the USA or i could do this, to have Dollars to wire for a house purchase. it would be easier to just send Crypto and skip all of this, obviously, and you lose 5-15% to bullion premiums.
8.
Bitcoin ATMs - GeneralBytes and other companies have 5000 USD daily limits and heavy commissions/fees, so buying a 100,000 USD house would take forever -
https://www.generalbytes.com/en/bitcoin-atm-near-me
9.
MoonPay with BitPay.com can sell Bitcoin for Dollars to your checking account or debit card, with commission, and of course tax hits -
https://bitpay.com/sell-bitcoin-cash/ - though it says they don't report sales, you would still be getting EUR to your bank account, which would get flagged from being sent buy them -
https://www.moonpay.com/sell/bch
10.
BitPay.com is great for buying some stuff in the USA like cars, gift cards, metals, etc. - but nothing in Argentina yet. note that you can pay-off Home Mortgages as well as Auto Loans with BitPay very easily (i aim to pay-off my car loan as well as my girlfriend's mortgage if my Bitcoin desired price hits) -
https://bitpay.com/directory/ -
Experience the freedom of paying bills with cryptocurrency. Make bill payments on everything from credit cards to mortgages, all from the BitPay Wallet app.
bitpay.com
11.
CoinEx.com in China used to allow me to use the site, but if you have a USA passport they blocked you last year. it was a great place to send crypto, made trades not reportable to the IRS, then withdraw USDC or BCH (but there were NO FIAT OFF-RAMPS available, which is my current research task).
12.
LocalBitcoins.com CLOSED - there used to be peer-to-peer services like LocalBitcoins but the federal government is great at stopping this, since they don't get a cut. "LocalBitcoins has decided to stop providing Bitcoin trading services. New account registration was suspended on 2023-02-09." LocalBitcoins.com
@Blockchain @crypto @Finance Prof @enbits and who else is a crypto person here? anyone got any other insights for what is possible in Sep2024 in Argentina with Bitcoin?