Ryan Christensen

Born in South Africa🇿🇦 Oklahoma, USA🇺🇸
Economics Enthusiast🔥

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@Voyager4IR @29Punta @24hrscrypto1 No not you, this other clown claiming he know everything

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@Voyager4IR @24hrscrypto1 LINK / CCIP solves interoperability/messaging, not liquidity. Stablecoins solve volatility, not liquidity. If we’re heading toward thousands of tokenized assets, who’s providing liquidity for all those pairs? I’ll keep studying, but I’m off for now. Good talk.

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@29Punta @Voyager4IR @24hrscrypto1 Dude just bugger off. The only thing that irritates me more than someone who claims they know “everything”, is someone that claims they know everything without giving any evidence.

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@Voyager4IR @24hrscrypto1 The problem isn’t now with 180 currencies. It’s potentially thousands of assets. At 10,000 assets, you’re looking at roughly 50 million direct trading pairs. If a neutral asset like XRP can connect all of them, why maintain millions of separate liquidity pools?

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@Voyager4IR @24hrscrypto1 I get the argument, and I’m bullish on LINK too. But XRP only becomes obsolete if every currency, stablecoin, CBDC, and tokenized asset has direct liquidity with every other one.

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@Voyager4IR @24hrscrypto1 Neutral liquidity and settlement between currencies, stablecoins, and tokenized assets. I don’t think tokenized assets on XRPL create significant demand for XRP on its own. The question is whether XRP becomes part of the liquidity and settlement layer connecting those assets.

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@Voyager4IR @24hrscrypto1 Cross-border payments, liquidity, tokenization, settlement, DeFi, collateral, and treasury management. You can argue XRP won’t win all markets, you can’t say it has no adoption thesis. By your logic, no crypto is worth buying because they’re all bets on future adoption.

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@rienzo_michael @Danielxrp0918 If you’re worried about exchanges, use a DEX. Crypto was created to reduce reliance on centralized intermediaries.

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@Voyager4IR @24hrscrypto1 Not many today, which is exactly why it’s still $1-$3 and not $50-$100. The investment thesis is that adoption comes later, not that it’s already here.

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@Leooweb3 I hope it happens too, but people forget 2020 had trillions in money printing and near-zero rates. The chart looks similar, but the macro environment just doesn’t.

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@PlethMod @marcelbradshaw1 @talkcentss Oh yeah? And what’s that?

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@PlethMod @marcelbradshaw1 @talkcentss 1990:
SA: GDP ≈ $115bn, Population 37m, GDP per capita ≈ $3,100.
Poland: GDP ≈ $65bn, Population 38m, GDP per capita ≈ $1,700

Today:
SA: GDP ≈ $400bn, Population 63m, GDP per capita ≈ $6,300.
Poland: GDP ≈ $900bn, Population 37m, GDP per capita ≈ $24,000

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@PlethMod @marcelbradshaw1 @talkcentss GDP per capita already accounts for population differences. That’s the whole point of the metric: PER CAPITA. Poland started with more debt, went through its own political transition, and still became over 4× richer per person. Population isn’t the excuse you’re looking for.

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@PlethMod @marcelbradshaw1 @talkcentss Poland started the 1990s with debt around 90% of GDP, compared to South Africa’s roughly 45–50% in 1994. Today Poland’s GDP per capita is over 4x higher. At some point we need to stop making excuses for the government’s corruption and incompetence.

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@TheBTCTherapist Orrr… hear me out… Your rainbow chart is delusional

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@RyanKail21 @SenLummis @grok I understand the protocol can’t be regulated, but isn’t regulating the on ramps, off ramps, exchanges, brokers, and institutions enough to regulate how it’s used in the real world?

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@realOscarRamos1 I disagree. The U.S. might just not be leading the race then, but the technology is revolutionary and has too many use cases to just “disappear” worldwide.

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@SenWarren That’s why capitalism works. Companies are incentivized to provide the best product at the lowest price possible, because if they don’t, consumers take their business elsewhere.

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@SenWarren You don’t understand basic economics. The moment you try to make something “free” or artificially more affordable through government funding and taxes, prices GO UP because providers know the bill is being paid by taxpayers instead of consumers.