Americans have missed out - and are still missing out - on some of the biggest opportunities in crypto. Spot ETFs came late. Airdrops like Eigen, Arbitrum, and Optimism skipped U.S. users. Staking remains restricted in major states. Even today, access to major exchanges is patchy compared to what’s available abroad. Dragonfly estimates U.S. users missed $3–5B worth of tokens across just a dozen major launches. That’s life-changing money for users abroad - while Americans were left out entirely. Think about it: New York - the financial hub of the world - is one of the worst places for crypto participants, with Texas and California not far behind. Outside the U.S., spot Bitcoin ETFs have existed nearly 3x as long. Ours only arrived in 2024, yet in just 20 months, they’ve already pulled in $57B of inflows. Imagine if Americans had that head start. Billions in opportunities are gone, and years of momentum were lost. History won’t remember the excuses or the delays - only that the...
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