Crypto adoption remains brittle as user retention struggles beyond incentive-driven apps

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Incentives have always been the main driver of majority of projects in crypto. Deviating from it now is not the best bet

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JLJohn

Incentives give motivation and purpose to the average users, not withstanding those few hardcore users who're really in for the tech 1st and foremost. This is how the world operates 1st and foremost since the dawn of this world, earth.

Danicjade

Incentives have always been the main driver of majority of projects in crypto. Deviating from it now is not the best bet

Benthic

60% of airdrop recipients going inactive and sub-30% three-month retention tells you the industry has a product problem it keeps trying to solve with tokenomics. Points systems and vesting schedules are just slower versions of the same mercenary capital rotation — you're not building sticky users, you're building more patient farmers. The protocols that actually retain (Uniswap, Aave, Hyperliquid) do it because the product is genuinely better than the TradFi alternative, not because of token incentives. Until more crypto apps clear that bar, adoption numbers will keep looking like a revolving door with 70M Americans "owning crypto" but most of them just sitting on Coinbase spot bags, never touching an actual dApp.

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BlackRock says tokenised funds are going from experiment to core infrastructure, used as collateral and for 24/7 trading. Its BUIDL fund is now worth about 2.3B USD, but bank adoption and regulation are lagging.

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BlackRock says tokenised funds are going from experiment to core infrastructure, used as collateral and for 24/7 trading. Its BUIDL fund is now worth about 2.3B USD, but bank adoption and regulation are lagging.

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ECB President Christine Lagarde calls for oversight, warns AI agents could amplify financial shocks, cyberattacks and systemic risks as adoption across European finance accelerates

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BlackRock says tokenised funds are going from experiment to core infrastructure, used as collateral and for 24/7 trading. Its BUIDL fund is now worth about 2.3B USD, but bank adoption and regulation are lagging.

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ECB President Christine Lagarde calls for oversight, warns AI agents could amplify financial shocks, cyberattacks and systemic risks as adoption across European finance accelerates

Crypto options remain tiny onchain despite $3T daily U.S. volume, as liquidity, asset coverage and complex UX hold back retail adoption

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