Why are all the options left in the UK utterly unusable

So, I’m trying to get xmr for a purchase. This time last year, I could just go on binance, buy it, send it off exchange and done.

Today?

Revolut->xlm, xlm->wallet, wallet->trocador (for the xmr) and… that moneys just fucking disappeared. Like, gone gone. Alfacash just took it and are refusing to honour the contract. To be fair to trocador support, they’re actually trying to help now (think they thought I was just some crank earlier but now they know there’s actually a problem), but alfacash are just hiding. With my money.

Fine, ffs, I think to myself. I’ll try a different route.

Revolut->LTC, LTC->cake wallet and…. this is as far as this tx has gone. Hours and hours later and it’s still pending. Hasn’t come into my cake wallet yet.

Not to mention that revoluts fees are fucking DISGUSTING. They charge a flat £3 to move your funds out of your wallet, literally an exit tax. This is in addition to a flat fee on the exchange (as well as an additional percentage fee on it). I bought £35 each time and ended up with £29.

These companies are farcical in comparison to how good things were a year ago. And I know, I know ow, use kraken Pro, but I’m still waiting for the damn kyc to verify and I don’t have the time for this shit.

But all this to say, politicians in this country talked about the UK being a “crypto hub”, then proceeded to shit all over it and lock it down like fritzl.