adrienne
@adrienne
I showed the new coinbase wallet (beta) to someone who is not deeply entrenched in crypto. Their reaction: So, it replaces 1) Facebook [IG, tiktok, X], 2) Apple Wallet, 3) Venmo, AND 4) the App Store? 😱 And it takes care of all the wallet complexity? 😱 And anyone will be able to access it and use it? 😱 And users still have self custody over their funds? 😱 Needless to say, they were impressed and could see how this becomes a massively adopted platform
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Justin Hunter
@polluterofminds
Did they actually say this? > And users still have self custody over their funds? 😱 I've never heard anyone outside of crypto even ask about this.
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adrienne
@adrienne
lmao justin 🤣 🤣 i said not *deeply* entrenched in crypto he's pro crypto, pro tech, tradfi investor. But not actively using wallets or transacting in crypto on a regular basis.
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Justin Hunter
@polluterofminds
Ahhh, ok that makes more sense! I also have not met anyone who is pro-crypto but doesn't use it so I assumed that meant a complete outsider. My bad!
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adrienne
@adrienne
I know a good number of people who see crypto as an investment - they'll own BTC/SOL/ETH through coinbase, or now an ETF, and don't think about it much beyond that. :)
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Justin Hunter
@polluterofminds
Oh yeah 100% this for me too. These people (my friends and family that own BTC, for example) do not believe in crypto at all though.
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adrienne
@adrienne
lol, are they anticrypto though? those are funny people if they exist - buying BTC but hating on crypto
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Justin Hunter
@polluterofminds
Yeah, but I don't see it as strange. Lots of people own stocks even if they don't necessarily believe in the companies. Investments can, and often are, decoupled from the belief in the thing you are investing in. Probably shouldn't be that way, but it has been for basically as long as the stock market has existed. This is especially true when investing in ETFs where you may not even pay attention to the companies being bundled.
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adrienne
@adrienne
Oh yeah, Agree. I still see crypto as not as normalized as stocks but I guess the times are a changing
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