The Breakdown
Decoding crypto and the markets. A daily Blockworks newsletter, by Byron Gilliam.

Every transformational technology begins with utopian hopes, and then runs into the world as it is
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Airlines defend their rewards moat, Binance courts favor over breakfast, DAT fees pile up and systematic thinking
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A new quantum experiment shows that observation changes reality — but investors knew that already
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Some businesses run on low margins by choice. Others do it because they have no choice.
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A wireless network inspired by lost drones is now helping telco carriers reach your phone indoors
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Retail investors once paid irrational premiums to bet on a bond king. Now they’re doing it for crypto kings
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