On Wall Street, JP Morgan says that the demand for the use of cryptocurrencies as payment methods is decreasing (and that was before the events of last week, where the antics of FTX pushed the climate so that the crypto winter gave way to the cryptographic ice age). .)

(I must say that I am not convinced that there has ever been a massive demand for cryptocurrency payments in the market, but that is a different point.)

Meanwhile, on Main Street, the Walmart
WMT
CTO Suresh Kumar says that cryptocurrencies will become a major payment tool in the Metaverse and social media, areas of great interest to retailers because it is where customers will find and learn about new products.

What these statements, from people who should know, seem to mean…