There are 2 billion adults in the world who are bitcoin unbanked.
They have no bank account. They cannot save money securely. They cannot borrow. They are trapped in a cash economy that often gets stolen or inflated away by corrupt governments.
Why? Because banks don’t want them. They are “too poor” to be profitable customers.
Bitcoin accepts everyone.
You don’t need a credit score. You don’t need a minimum balance. You don’t need an ID. You just need a cheap Android phone and an internet connection.
Suddenly, a soybean farmer in Kenya has the same banking capabilities as a banker in Zurich. They can save wealth globally. They can transact internationally with anyone.
This financial inclusion is the moral case for crypto. Bitcoin unbanked solutions are bringing the bottom billion humans into the global economy for the first time in history.
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