The fact that this is being introduced <i>now</i>, is kind of telling if this crypto/bitcoin story this far.<p>High valuations has been a double edged sword. On one hand, it brought attention, interest and such. OTOH, it sucked all the energy into trading/speculation and all but forced the like of coinbase to specialise in it, neglecting everything else.<p>I have to say, crypto has been (and still is) an interesting look into what money is and how it might evolve. It seems that possibly inevitably, getting paid for work and paying for goods and services is "naturally" an extreme iceberg... The tiny piece of the whole that's visible. Below the surface is most of the "ice," the enormous volume of currency trading and other high finance uses.