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Why does Crypto always seem to build “gambling dens,” yet rarely build “products people can’t live without”?
**Plain-Language Guide** Why can Instagram, Amazon, and ChatGPT make people more and more dependent on them, while for all these years Crypto’s most stable “retention mechanism” still amounts to just watching the market?
The most valuable part of this article isn’t bashing Crypto—it points out a brutal reality: price volatility can create excitement, but it can’t create real product dependence; if, in the end, cryptography only becomes more efficient infrastructure for Wall Street, corporate landlords, and platform capital, it may not naturally be on the side of users.
This is a great piece to use for an in-depth compilation of “Why Crypto keeps failing to break into mainstream products.”
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