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So we all know that Bitcoin was born in the wreckage of the financial crisis as an alternative to government money.

00:06 Speaker A

No central bank, no political committee, no one with power to print more, freeze your account or quietly destroy your purchasing power.

00:15 Speaker A

The early crypto movement was not subtle about its ambitions. The banks were obsolete, fiat currencies were doomed, the dollar was a melting ice cube and blockchains were going to build an entirely new financial system outside Washington’s control.

00:28 Speaker A

Then crypto conquered the world and gave almost everyone a better way to use dollars.

00:35 Speaker A

That is not the ending…