That is well within the realm of possibility, given all we know about ETH and how tight the creator is with regulators.
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Also, they could time the FOMO ETH pump to attempt to usurp the next bitcoin halving
It was kinda weird how lagarde deliberately used the word "Cryptos" a couple times when talking about CBDCs lately and how she mentioned the US too--as if they are working in tandem
Anybody want to ready a hard fork bitcoin client which reduces the block reward, just in case :)