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Contrary to what I had imagined GPT 5.6 Sol (Medium) takes more session usage than Fable 5 (Medium).
Did this on the $20 Plan for both Claude & Codex, I ran the same prompt in both with session usage at 0% and GPT 5.6 has just 18% left while Fable 5 still has 55% left.
Both results were comparable but the cost was completely different.
@markessien I used CodexBar to see what my Fable (and other models) usage will cost if it was tokenized and it's scary.
Once the model becomes pay per usage, I am moving to codex
From Senegal, for Senegal!!
The shoes worn by the players during the FIFA World Cup send-off party were designed and made locally by a Senegalese manufacturer.
The most infuriating sight!!! A policeman gruesomely murders a man in broad daylight in Delta. This man is clearly restrained and poses no threat whatsoever. What kind of ANIMALISTIC behaviour is this @PoliceNG ?!!!
I sent $1,000 from New York to Lagos through 8 payment rails. The best delivered โฆ1,400,000. The worst delivered โฆ1,323,000. That โฆ77,000 gap = one month of groceries for a family in Lagos.
Yesterday's rail comparison got sharp feedback. The strongest critique: "Try this on a low-liquidity corridor. I bet stablecoins don't look the same."
Fair. So I redid the experiment on the hardest corridor I could find: Nigeria.
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ก๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ:
The Naira isn't one currency. It's two.
โ The official CBN rate: โฆ1,345 per USD. Banks, SWIFT, Wise, Western Union must use it.
โ The parallel market rate: โฆ1,400 per USD. It's where real dollar supply meets real demand.
That 4% gap isn't a fee. It's the government pricing the naira higher than anyone is willing to pay for it.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ $๐ญ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ผ๐:
๐ฅ USDT P2P: โฆ1,400,000 (30 sec, $0.01)
๐ฅ Yellow Card: โฆ1,393,000 (2 min)
๐ฅ Bitcoin: โฆ1,393,000 (~10 min)
4๏ธโฃ Sendwave (International Remittance): โฆ1,372,000 (15 min)
5๏ธโฃ Wise: โฆ1,344,000 (CBN rate)
6๏ธโฃ Swift: โฆ1,344,000 (3-7 days, $50 fee)
7๏ธโฃ Western Union: โฆ1,330,000
8๏ธโฃ PayPal Xoom: โฆ1,323,000 (5.5% hidden spread)
๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐:
That USDT P2P rate only exists because someone, somewhere, holds naira and wants dollars. The P2P desk IS the off-ramp. It's real infrastructure, with real liquidity risk.
But here's what they couldn't see on the ParisโNY corridor:
In a dual-rate economy, stablecoins aren't just faster. They give you access to a different price. The real price.
Nigeria has the world's 2nd-largest P2P crypto volume. Not speculation. Access to the actual dollar rate, without flying to Lagos with a suitcase.
The next decade's fintech question isn't "will stablecoins replace SWIFT?"
It's "what happens when 2 billion people in dual-rate economies realize they can bypass the official channel?"
โฆ77,000 on $1,000 tells me the question is worth asking.
PS: I'm the founder of @subyhq and I weekly posts on payments, stablecoins, and building across borders. Follow for more.