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What's going on, guys? It is Sunday, October 20th, and that means it's time for Long Read Sunday.

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breakdown pod. All right, friends, we have kind of a

quirky one today. We're actually going to read two different pieces, both exploring the particular

ways that people are getting onboarded to crypto this cycle. The first piece is by Ryan Gorman

and is called Tap to Earn Games are realizing Satoshi's dream. Love or Hate Games like

Hamster Combat, they're

onboarding millions of users. I'm going to turn it over to AI, me from 11 Labs, and then I will come back.

If media reports and anecdotal information is to be believed, we are on the cusp of a massive

wave of crypto adoption from a group of people who don't know they are even

using the technology despite reaping the benefits. Tap to earn games are not a new idea, but when

applied to Web 3, there's been a Cambrian explosion of engagement like nothing before seen for

this industry, and hamster combat is only the beginning. In many cases, the rewards are

enabling a small amount

of economic freedom that did not previously exist. Take, for example, the reports coming out of Iran,

where the government has claimed that hamster combat is a soft tool in the West's war against

their theocracy, distracting voters from casting ballots during a recent election. For their part,

the founders have denied any ties to the

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