The short answer
This is a running log of every currency Modality adds to the 36 we hold — why that corridor, who it unblocks, and what it replaced (usually a USD detour and a second spread). New currencies get added because they were requested, not because they were easy.
The principle
Adding a currency on a settlement layer is a configuration, not a procurement exercise. On correspondent banking it's a banking relationship (three to nine months), a local entity, pre-funded capital, and a compliance review. On a layer it's a string. That gap is the whole company.
// → bank relationship: 3–9 months
// → local entity: required
// → pre-funded account: capital stranded
// adding a currency, on a layer
{ "to": "TRY" }
How the list gets written
Every pair someone checks on the rail and can't get is a data point. The currencies that get added are the ones people waited on — requested by operators moving real volume on corridors banks treat as exotic. The roadmap is what you ask for.
If there's a currency your business can't settle, that's the request that puts it on the list. Tell us the pair.
What each entry will carry
- The corridor — what flow it serves.
- Who was underserved — the operator or segment it unblocks.
- What it now costs — one spread, quoted first, no dollar in the middle.
- What it replaced — the routed pair and the second spread it retired.
The bottom line
This page grows as the rails do. The currency count is a scoreboard; the requests are the game.