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Can institutional adoption and decentralization work together? In the first episode of the Onchain Economy series, David 'JoelKatz' Schwartz says yes and offers that neutrality is key: He explains how tokenized assets and onchain credit are bridging the gap between TradFi and DeFi and how the XRP Ledger is...

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