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Why is KYC still treated as a sunk cost for dApps? User acquisition and compliance checks remain a massive cash burn for early-stage platforms. Every time a dApp onboards a user, the team pays a third-party verifier $2–$5+, stores sensitive PII they don't actually want liability for, and hopes the user generates enough LTV to break even on the check. The entire flow feels backwards when verifiable credentials and ZK proofs already exist. Instead of running redundant checks, the identity layer should work more like a shared credit:
🚨 BREAKING NEWS SEC Chairman Paul Atkins, in a statement to Fox Business, described the institution's Regulation Crypto Assets proposal as the SEC's most historic step to date in making the United States the world's crypto capital. This rhetoric is actually a clear message to