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The SQF'd I've ever received has to be a bike when I was younger, a pedal bike. It was

a sort of slick little road bike and I remember it was all like, it was so, it was all wrapped

up, it was so obvious what it was obviously because nothing shaped like a bike and had a

little ribbon on it and I was so gas. For that was a life changer and I'm still sort

of big on cycling around my area now, so for that one, change me a little.

Play in every sip with red cups now back at Starbucks.

Hey everybody, before we start, I just want to say, decoder was nominated for a Webby

award for Best Technology Podcast and you can vote for us to win a People's Voice Webby.

So a link to the voting is in the show notes we would really appreciate your vote.

Hello and welcome to decoder. I'm Neil Apatel, Editor in Chief of the Verge and decoder

is my show about big ideas and other problems.

If you've been listening to decoder, you know, I'm pretty skeptical of crypto, but that

I really want to come by that skepticism honestly and by talking to people who are actually

investing in and building crypto startups and technology. There's a lot of money and

attention and energy, both literal and metaphorical in crypto.

And I think it's important to ask the questions and really listen to the answers.

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