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Ukrainians aren't under any kind of sanctions so why not just use a service like Wise?

As for anything related to crypto, most of it is a scam so it comes as no surprise that the few companies trying to be legit in this field are under so many restrictions it's incredibly inconvenient to use them...

Anyhow, everyone I know transfers money to Eastern Europe with Wise.

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One issue could be, let's say the war turns and it looks like Russia will gain a lot of territory and drastically reduce Ukraine - their currency will then crash and the payments made to the contractor might become nearly worthless. At least with BTC it will be mostly unaffected by the war.

With Wise you can do any currency...

And BTC isn't exactly super stable.

I did look at Wise today because it was mentioned. It's not cheap, and certainly a lot more expensive than wire transfers or crypto.

What do you mean? I use Transferwise all the time and it's within 1% of the cheapest options.

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