I have absolutely no faith in crypto as a force for good. The decentralisation and crypto anarchism ideas that drew me to the space are dead. Crypto capitulated completely to the US government. The grift is everywhere. The extraction has reached new levels. It’s just a centralized, PVP casino.

The only useful cryptocurrency have proven to be stablecoins. The “crypto industry” is the world’s largest mafia-run casino.

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Bitcoin was useful for low cost, cross border payments before stablecoins. Also, Monero for private payments.

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Thanks for giving me a chance to share my opinion on this!

If volatility is an issue people can instantly exchange coin for USD. 

The problem with Bitcoin for payments in 2025 is its high transaction fees and 10-60 min transaction settlement. Most chains these days solve this so that on-chain transactions cost a fraction of a cent and settle in seconds

The problem with Bitcoin for payments is the volatility. Monero is good