Harris: Crypto community upset over XRP and Cardano in Strategic Reserve
Bridget Harris · Bridget Harris breaks down the Prime Intellect deal and the broader sentiment in crypto today. · Mar 6, 2025 · at 7:41
Founders Fund investor Bridget Harris discusses industry reactions to Donald Trump's proposed US Strategic Crypto Reserve and the inclusion of various altcoins alongside Bitcoin.
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“I think generally people were a little bit upset because, you know, the XRP, the Cardano inclusion, just like, there's basically two plausible explanations that I think the crypto community came to for why this could be the case. One is just like simple, like unit bias, like XRP and Cardano are like .1 cent or, you know, something akin to that.”
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