Intro

In this Crypto Town Hall, the crew breaks down Circle’s big $222M ARC token raise at a $3B valuation from BlackRock, Apollo, and a16z. They debate whether ARC actually has real utility (governance, staking & security) now that USDC will be the gas token, how the token value stacks up against Circle’s equity, and if this is legitimate infrastructure play or just smart financial engineering.

They also discuss tokenomics, the flaws with most governance tokens, network effects, XRP/Ripple comparisons, meme coins & community value, and the future of tokenized infrastructure.

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