BREAKDOWN: #SupplyGate and the Battle to Frame Crypto’s Next Bull Run

Why the ether supply dust-up was about much more than the supply of ether.

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Why the ether supply dust-up was about much more than the supply of ether.

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io.

Today on the Brief:

WSJ study finds TikTok was tracking data in a way that broke Android rules
The latest Core Inflation statistics
MicroStrategy stocks pops 10% after cash to bitcoin announcement

Our main discussion: What’s the Ethereum #SupplyGate really about

NLW breaks down:

The historical narratives bitcoiners and ether advocates hold relative to one another
The history of dominant narratives in crypto over the last three years
Why the next bull market is poised for a twin narrative combining bitcoin as a hedge against fiat debasement and DeFi as a money-making sandbox
What happened with #SupplyGate
Why #SupplyGate is as much about narrative competition as it is about the supply of ether

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