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Pieter Levels wrote about how hard it was to buy Bitcoin back in 2013. But our data shows the friction didn't end at verification—it cascaded into scams, frozen funds, and trust issues that still plague crypto adoption today.

via Pieter Levels Blog·Jun 1, 2026

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