Would be interesting if true. Need to control for population increases in the respective states. Unclear if increase just due to population getting bigger.
I think the principles are complexity and entropy. The earth is not a closed system where the energy from the sun stops complete disorder, but we (like nature) tend toward higher complexity because it distributes temporary order and its collapse better.
These technologies decentralise, which increases complexity.
I think the most charitable interpretation is that after regulatory clarity, any US institution can issue a treasury backed USD token. In a sense, you’d have a marketplace of different tokens giving the world easier access to USD. It’s a bit better than a CBDC.