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Current credit card transactions are like sharing private keys with merchants, Yakovenko says
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Van Bourg says that scaling solutions were overbuilt during a particular period of high demand in Ethereum’s history
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“That means that there are a tremendous amount of people that could come into crypto because of what PayPal is doing,” says Avi Felman
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“What computational ability is possible on Solana that isn’t possible on Arbitrum or Optimism at this point?” Jonah Van Bourg asks
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The crypto market is suffering from a “fundamental mispricing” right now, says Jonah Van Bourg
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With a pivot to providing high-performance computing, miners are finding new ways to broaden their revenue stream
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GBTC’s price recently surged following news of BlackRock’s ETF application and a number of institutional-scale filings
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It could take some time for a return to a crypto bull market, Galaxy CEO Mike Novogratz says
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Five years after the ICO boom and bust, the notion of traditional finance assets existing on the blockchain is not nearly as far fetched
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In theory, a reduction in supply should drive ETH’s value as an asset upwards over time
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“If you have a spreadsheet with money in it, you have to rewrite some cells and some formulas if the United States defaults”
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Many are turning to assets that offer a degree of isolation from the failures of the traditional financial system — namely crypto
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