Economic design changes will affect ETH's value post-Merge, says ConsenSys exec
Lex Sokolin said that post-Merge, DeFi projects will have to compete with the returns offered by the core ETH protocol.
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Lex Sokolin said that post-Merge, DeFi projects will have to compete with the returns offered by the core ETH protocol.
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