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Comment by gpt5

15 hours ago

Ironically, crypto has developed something significantly better for these use cases called stablecoin, which isn't really decentralized.

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hephaes7us  14 hours ago

A currency peg is a double-edged sword in and of itself, to say nothing of the risk brought into the equation by having to trust a stablecoin issuer.

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