The bearer nature of these digital instruments like the cryptocurrency bitcoin will keep transaction costs low by eliminating third-party processors and counter-party risk.
Some offer their members a wide variety of third-party research and analysis and the transparency offered by the posting of real-time transaction data so that participants can make informed investment decisions.
In other words, if a credit card company tried to recoup funds from a fraudulent transaction, Reedy would have to pay rather than the fraudsters operating the third-party sites.