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Finance is not prepared for the coming wave of value destruction
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Fusion42 · 11 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Blockchain and AI are compressing transaction costs across finance by 99-1000x, mirroring historical disruptions like the internet's impact on telecoms. Banks face margin collapse as cross-border wire fees fall from $50 to <$0.05, with no demand growth sufficient to offset fee compression.
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Your banking customer's cross-border wire business is about to be repriced from $50 a transaction to $0.05; the revenue pool won't grow fast enough to compensate. You're not building payment plumbing—you're watching the fees that fund your customer's entire operation evaporate.
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