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Rich Rines: The Two Primary Drivers Behind Institutional Bitcoin Allocation Rich Rines, an initial contributor to Core Foundation, stated in an interview with Wu Blockchain that the primary demand of mainstream financial institutions for Bitcoin currently centers on two areas: generating sustainable Bitcoin yield and using Bitcoin as collateral...

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