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by jpeterson 1305 days ago
If crypto has an "ethos", it's decentralization and departure from human institutions. The FTX fiasco is the opposite of that.
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What percent of crypto activity happens on centralized platforms. 90%? 95%? Whatever the precise number, it's really high.

It's hard to argue that 95% of people in Scotland aren't true Scots.

Around 15%
It's a two-faced ethos, praising decentralization and thumbing its nose at banks while simultaneously entrusting the bulk of its assets to entities that are strictly worse than banks.