Spotlight On: Centi & the Swiss Franc Stablecoin
summary
Centi is a Swiss‑franc stablecoin that claims Swiss bank guarantee for each token and runs on the scalable BSV blockchain; the stack includes a backend that creates invoices, a consumer wallet app, a merchant portal and on/off ramps including cash top‑ups at Swiss Post. Pricing tests on 290,000 transactions show about one third are micropayments and Centi targets 90–99% lower fees versus card rails; live rollout lists roughly 125 merchants and a remittance tie‑up with sent B.
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- 0:00Introduction
- 0:40What is Centi
- 3:51Indirect payments
- 4:54Transaction fee curve
- 5:27How it works today
- 6:22Consumer payments market
- 7:20Swiss Franc Stablecoin
- 9:12Why issue another Stablecoin
- 12:04Announcements
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