From Hawala to Swift: Inside the 1,000-year battle to move money safely

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Finance has spent centuries decoupling wealth from physical transport, but constantly erasing friction creates vectors for increasingly high-tech exploits.

source https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/08/30/from-hawala-to-swift-inside-the-1-000-year-battle-to-move-money-safely

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