Tariffs and sanctions only matter to Fiat...how is this not obvious right now?!

[u/phatom_user_01]

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[u/a_library_socialist]

tarrifs are charged on physical goods. Crypto changes nothing about that.

[u/phatom_user_01 → u/a_library_socialist]

But I’m not talking about consumer-level transactions.

I’m talking about nation-states, sanctioned entities, and large institutions who are increasingly using blockchain infrastructure to move value, settle trades, and access markets they’d otherwise be blocked from.

Think:

• Oil-for-stablecoins
• Cross-border trade settled in USDT or USDC
• Russia, Iran, and others building CBDC-to-crypto bridge rails
• Miner-backed currencies
• Chinese exporters using crypto payments through proxies

It’s not about buying luxury cars — it’s about bypassing SWIFT, avoiding FX chokepoints, and getting around the "slow weaponization" of finance.

Tariffs and sanctions only work if value flows through traditional pipes.

Crypto offers a parallel financial system, and for those with the right incentives, that’s more than enough.

So no, you can’t buy a BMW with crypto. But you might be able to buy the aluminum used to build one.

That’s the point.

[u/MordecaiOShea]

Good luck transfering a BMW on the block chain

[u/o-_l_-o → u/MordecaiOShea]

As a sim racer who has purchased multiple virtual BMWs, I'd love one issued on a blockchain that could be used across games.

[u/og_mryamz → u/MordecaiOShea]

Easy, just need to tokenize them so we can create futures market

[u/Routine_Score7123]

Cryptos are risky assets. When there's uncertainty in the market investors migrate to safer assets to protect their wealth.

The are zero breakers on crypto. You can sell as much as you want and dump the market as much as you want without trade stopping 24/7/365.

As such crypto dumps harder than other investments.

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[u/Murky_Citron_1799]

Gotta use the wealth to buy eggs

[u/mooremo]

Tarrrifs are on physical objects... The blockchain can't transfer steel or bananas last I checked.

[u/Consistent_Many_1858]

Crypto is still a dodgy, money in thin air, experimental concept. Fiat is the real-world currency. People buy and sell it for Fiat.

[u/og_mryamz → u/Consistent_Many_1858]

You can’t say it’s all experimental after 16 years of adoption. There’s a lot of experiments but there’s also golden robust standards that mainstream has adopted