North Eastern State of Somalia: Real Places, Real People, Real Crypto Impact

When people say North Eastern State of Somalia, a term often used informally to refer to the autonomous regions of Somaliland and Puntland in northern Somalia. It's not a country. It's not officially recognized. But for millions, it's home—and it's where cryptocurrency is quietly changing survival. This isn't about politics. It's about people in towns like Gerisa, Awdal, a remote settlement with no electricity or running water, and Galdogob, Puntland, a border town moving over 100,000 livestock a year, using crypto because there's no other option. Banks won't touch them. Western money won't flow in. So they turn to Bitcoin, USDT, and local exchanges like EXIR just to feed their families, pay for medicine, or send money home.

These regions sit at the intersection of two powerful forces: extreme isolation and digital innovation. In Awdal, a region where clan elders still settle disputes and water is trucked in, remittances from the diaspora are life support. In Puntland, where livestock exports fuel the local economy, traders use crypto to bypass slow, corrupt payment systems. The same tech that lets someone in Toronto send $50 to their cousin in Galdogob in seconds is the same tech that lets a farmer in Gerisa buy fuel without stepping foot in a bank. This isn't speculation. It's daily reality. And it’s why crypto adoption here isn’t about investment—it’s about access.

What you’ll find in the posts below aren’t crypto price charts or DeFi yield farms. They’re real stories: how Iranian traders use EXIR under sanctions, how land mines in Cambodia and Afghanistan’s crypto ban reveal the same pattern—people turn to blockchain when institutions fail. You’ll read about bridge fees that eat into small transfers, how tax rules in the U.S. don’t apply to someone in Somaliland, and why a meme coin like BilliCat has zero relevance here while a stablecoin like mCEUR might save a life. This collection doesn’t talk about the future of crypto. It shows you where crypto is already working—right now, in places the world forgot.