You missed the part where stablecoins are used to normalize CBDCs. We are in a transition from the current rails -> regulated stablecoins (plus tokenized deposits) -> phased CBDCs, with years of overlap. Many people will tell you how stablecoins are useful to the US government because they buy tr...

He just wants to make easy money. He doesn't care about the inner values of decentralization

When the guy ends a bitcoin conference speech along the lines of "have fun with your bitcoin and whatever else you play with," no one can truly be shocked by this.