Responding to Crisis with Urgency
summary
UNHCR is piloting a financial gateway built on Stellar that moves USDC on Circle through a payout API into portable wallets hosted by the Stellar disbursement platform (UNICC) and lets beneficiaries choose fiat or transfer via MoneyGram cashout. The claim: digital cash reaches the last mile with real-time integrated reporting and donor transparency. Scale targets respond to 100 million displaced people and UN cash flows (UN system ~$60B, UNHCR ~$6B/year), plus bulk payroll, reintegration grants and high-volume transactions.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:04Global displacement and UNHCR
- 2:52UNHCR exploring blockchain
- 4:00Stellar-based financial gateway
- 7:16Beyond hype in crisis response
- 9:04Blockchain use cases for refugees
- 11:10Blockchain scale for UN operations
- 12:39Financial inclusion effects
- 14:04Blockchain transparency for donors
- 15:28Supporting UNHCR’s goals
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