Working while traveling sounds like freedom.
And it is… until you try to get paid from another country.
At some point in our journey, we realized that moving across borders was easy. Getting paid across borders was not.
Different countries. Different currencies. Different banks. Different rules.
But the same problems everywhere:
delays, fees, limits, and blocked transactions.
That’s when we made a decision that changed the way we worked on the road:
we stopped depending on traditional banking and started getting paid in USDT.
Working Without a Fixed Location
During our trip, we worked on different projects:
advertising services, travel agency work, and freelance jobs for clients from different countries.
Some of our clients were in the same country as us. Others were on completely different continents.
With traditional systems, every payment felt like a small negotiation:
Which bank? Which currency? How long will it take? What fees are they going to charge this time?
Sometimes payments took days.
Sometimes they got stuck.
Sometimes they simply didn’t arrive.
And when you’re traveling, “I’ll get paid next week” is not a comfortable situation.
Getting Paid Directly to Our Wallet
When we started using USDT, everything became simpler.
Clients sent payments directly to our wallet addresses.
No intermediaries.
No banks in the middle.
No international transfers.
The money arrived in minutes, sometimes seconds.
It didn’t matter if we were in Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, or Argentina.
Our location stopped being relevant.
All we needed was:
nternet,
a phone,
and our wallet.
Stability While Traveling
One of the biggest fears when working remotely is currency.
You get paid in one currency, you spend in another, and every conversion eats part of your income.
USDT gave us something very important: stability.
We knew exactly how much we were earning.
We knew exactly how much we had.
No surprises. No devaluation overnight.
When you’re living on the road, that mental peace is worth more than you think.
When Clients Paid in Cash
Not all payments were digital. Sometimes clients paid us in cash.
In those cases, we did something simple:
we deposited the cash into a traditional account, used the debit card to buy crypto, and then sent it to our wallet.
From that moment on, the money was back under our control.
Not locked in a bank.
Not limited by schedules.
Not restricted by borders.
Mixing Tools When Necessary
We didn’t live in a perfect crypto-only world.
Sometimes we used exchanges like Binance as a bridge:
to convert USDT into local currency,
to withdraw cash,
or to make specific payments.
But the key difference was this:
the center of our financial life was no longer the bank.
The bank became just a tool.
Not the system.
The Real Advantage of Getting Paid in Crypto
The biggest benefit wasn’t speed.
It wasn’t low fees.
It wasn’t technology.
It was autonomy.
We didn’t have to explain our lifestyle to anyone.
We didn’t have to justify our income.
We didn’t have to ask for approval.
We worked.
We got paid.
We kept traveling.
Simple.
All the experiences shared in this series were made possible thanks to Panther Wallet, the crypto wallet we used as our main financial tool during the trip.
A Different Relationship With Money
At some point, we realized something important:
We weren’t just working remotely.
We were living remotely from the system.
Our income was independent of:
- countries,
- banks,
- office hours,
- paperwork.
And that changed the way we saw money.
It stopped being something fragile.
It stopped being something slow.
It became something fluid.
Like our lifestyle.
Who This Is For
This way of working is not just for travelers.
It makes sense for:
- freelancers working with international clients,
- remote workers,
- digital nomads,
- traders,
- people who simply want control over their own money.
You don’t need to escape society.
You just need to stop depending on systems that were not designed for mobility.
Final Thought
Getting paid in USDT while crossing borders didn’t make us rich.
But it gave us something more valuable:
continuity.
We could keep moving.
Keep working.
Keep building our life on the road.
And for the first time, money stopped being a limitation —
and became part of the freedom.
This article is part of the series “Diary of a Journey Without Banks,” where we share how we traveled across South America working remotely, getting paid in crypto, and using a wallet as our main financial tool.
