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That sounds like a perpetual motion machine that the US can get addicted to and then come apart once stable coins suddenly become price sensitive.




Or, an alternative, and hear me out, maybe this could also be called "an economy"

Confidence in crypto will go poof when there's a big enough run that the measly 7 transactions per second can't keep up with demand. We just haven't seen a crypto bank run yet. The $100 / transaction is nothing compared to what it could be. When that happens "stable" coins will lose their stability and the smoke and mirrors behind audit-free coins will collapse. You couldn't pay me to hold crypto.



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