Vitalik: Centralized USDC could decide the future of contentious ETH hard forks

Speaking at the BUIDL Asia event in Korea, Vitalik Buterin said that centralized stablecoins like USDC & USDT will become significant deciders in future hard forks.
Source: Vitalik: Centralized USDC could decide the future of contentious ETH hard forks (https://cointelegraph.com/news/vitalik-centralized-usdc-could-decide-the-future-of-contentious-eth-hard-forks)
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