Today, we've got a midyear market update and news episode for you. At the end of last year, our guest — and resident data weatherman — @DarenMatsuoka put out a post on "5 metrics to watch in 2025." Most of the metrics that Daren picked measure how crypto's adoption: from mobile wallet usage and onchain transaction fees to volume across stablecoins, decentralized exchanges (or DEXs), and exchange traded-products. Now that we're about midway through 2025, it's a great time for an update. Timestamps: (0:00) Introduction (2:27) Chart 1: Monthly Mobile Wallet Users (6:16) Chart 2: Adjusted Stablecoin Transaction Volume (10:01) Chart 3: ETF Net Flows for Bitcoin and Ethereum (13:30) Chart 4: Decentralized vs Centralized Exchange Volume (15:50) Chart 5: Total Transaction Fees (21:46) Emerging Metrics and Industry Insights (25:07) Recent Industry News and Developments (27:13) Conclusion

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