"This is the paradox we must live with as we go on dying: that we are finite but unfinished, that maturity is not the prelude to mortality but the discovery of the immortal in us." Maria Popova

Africa moves ~$1T+ of intra-continental trade per year. Most of it clears through New York and London. In dollars. There's a different way. No summits, no authorities, no pan-African currency. No FX. Listen to @buchmanster: respect the graph. Clearing Without The Politics 🧵

Most market making for EM currencies has happened on centralized exchanges: manual, opaque, and often without much sophistication. When our currencies come onchain, the market structure changes.