Does Crypto Have Any Real Users? | Analyst Round Table

In this episode, the Blockworks Research Team dives into an age old question: where are the users? They discuss applications on Solana, real world use cases on Near, and competition among data availability layers. Finally, they speak on why infrastructure continues to dominate the industry, and what it will take for gaming in crypto to gain traction.

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Introduction

(3:51) Solana's Execution Layer & Applications

(8:54) Activity on Near & Data Availability Layers

(23:14) Infrastructure Dominance

(40:39) LayerZero: Angle Protocol Ad

(45:47) Crypto Gaming

(1:01:06) Perp DEX UX

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