So well said!! Thank you! You’re absolutely spot on!
I will copy the text here for others to read.
By CEO
@Alexander Leishman :
“At
@River we regularly get asked “When EU?”, “When Canada?”, “When International?”. While it’s incredibly humbling to know that our services are desired abroad, the answer to these questions is “not any time soon”.
The United States is my homeland and my priority. My roots go back to the founding of this country and I deeply believe that Bitcoin will help usher in a new golden age for us.
But that won’t happen magically. We need to make it happen – and to make big things happen requires focus. At River we are focusing 100% of our energy in the coming years on building the highest quality, most trusted financial institution the United States has ever seen. We are helping accelerate the U.S. towards a future where every American is a Bitcoiner.
For businesses and HNW individuals abroad who can send international USD wires, we will happily serve you when regulations permit. But expanding to serve consumers in foreign countries would mean fewer resources dedicated to building for Americans. Integrating with foreign banking systems, insane EU regulations, etc. would be an expensive distraction.
We are discovering in real-time how much the previous corrupt regimes running this country were screwing over the American public and we cannot let that happen again. By helping Americans transition to a monetary standard where they can choose to opt out of the legacy system we can actually RESTORE trust in the system once again. Rebuilding institutional trust in the United States is critical to keeping the fire of human liberty shining bright.”
