I appreciate that you address head on the notion that people can “just give money directly” and you provide a link.
What I think I’m missing is the Why? Why would I want Glo? What’s better about owning this crypto currency than just parking my $1000 in an FDIC insured bank account and donating $25?
(Honest question - not trying to troll here at all - I’m just not seeing a reason to turn money into Glo Coin)
It's a good question! I work at Glo and I'll take a stab at it.
First, if you're already someone who uses stablecoins, Glo will do the same stuff that your stablecoin of choice does, and also provide some social good on top. We think that's going to be compelling to some folks.
Otherwise, we're aiming to reach folks who might be inspired by the long-term vision and thus be willing to put up with some friction relative to "parking my $1000 in an FDIC insured bank account and donating $25." No worries if that isn't you.
The next stage for us is to make Glo increasingly viable as a currency, meaning that you can actually use it to buy and sell stuff. That's probably the phase where Glo becomes more attractive to many than a traditional savings account.
We described these stages in more detail in a recent post to the effective altruism forum [0].
Hope that clarifies, happy to discuss this at length here or via email (seth at global income coin dot com), etc.
What I think I’m missing is the Why? Why would I want Glo? What’s better about owning this crypto currency than just parking my $1000 in an FDIC insured bank account and donating $25?
(Honest question - not trying to troll here at all - I’m just not seeing a reason to turn money into Glo Coin)