4 Reasons The Dollar Could Collapse

If you’ve noticed that your dollars don’t seem to go as far as they used to, you’re not alone. Millions of Americans are in the same boat.

The recent inflation rate, the highest in over 40 years, was a wake up call that made many people realize that the financial stability they had taken for granted for decades no longer exists.

The US government has been tempted to use its reserve currency status to its financial advantage. This has resulted in massive devaluation of the dollar.

A way to help protect your dollars is to diversify your money with assets that don’t depend upon the strength and health of the dollar for their value. Precious metals like gold and silver, for instance, are in demand around the world 24/7 and aren’t dependent upon the value of the dollar.

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The Scoop of the Day

> Solana Moves Fast. MOT Token Makes It Fun. (And Why a Solana ETF Won’t Change a Thing.)

It’s no secret that Solana (SOL) is blazingly fast. And we’re not just talking about theory, either. At this very moment, it’s #1 in the world in terms of real-world, real-time Transactions Per Second (TPS).

That’s helped make it one of the most popular blockchains on the planet, so it’s no wonder Solana ETF filings with the SEC are currently tied with Ripple (XRP). Solana is just that good.

But, there’s a problem — a problem no Solana ETF can fix.

Until now, most apps on Solana have tended towards finance-heavy, speculation-driven projects.

And, let’s be honest, a Solana ETF isn’t about to change that. After all, when one of the most popular projects on the chain in recent memory is literally called $PUMP — as in, pump and dump — that’s not exactly saying much about the ecosystem, is it!?

At best, all a Solana ETF can do is wrap a man-in-suit layer of legitimacy around it. But it can’t do anything for the actual development of the broader ecosystem itself.

Fortunately, the tide seems to be turning here as a new generation of projects moves in to bring legitimacy and real-world utility to Solana. And the best part is, some are doing so without totally abandoning the fun. (Which is a lot more than can be said about a Solana ETF!)

Enter MOT Token (FYI: see here the Live Raydium link), an edutainment-focused project whose fun and utility is found in a tangible, pre-existing edutainment ecosystem rather than the cheap, juvenile, $FARTCOIN-style memes that have so far characterized the ecosystem.

So what makes the MOT Token so promising? What does it bring that a Solana ETF can’t?

And why are the two such a perfect match made in heaven?

Solana — Sure, It’s Built for Speed, but Where’s the Stickiness?

Before we get too deep into the weeds with the MOT Token, let’s first give credit where it’s due.

Under the hood, Solana is an absolute monster. With a theoretical capacity to handle 65k TPS and fees so low you’d be forgiven for thinking it was free, there aren’t too many blockchains that can beat it.

It’s also pretty hard to beat its rapid adoption. Especially now that the promise of an upcoming Solana ETF has driven mass attention to it.

But let’s be honest here. Since when was the point of blockchain to sit back passively and watch a line go up?

What happened to the value creation? Community engagement? The futuristic visions?

And (memes aside), whatever happened to the fun?

Sadly, a Solana ETF delivers none of those things (apart from the “sit back, watch line go up” bit). Although, to be totally fair, a Solana ETF will bring one thing to the ecosystem — liquidity.

That’s great if you want to move large volumes of SOL in and out of the ecosystem. But that’s about it.

It’s kinda like if I gave you the world’s greatest shovel and all you used it for was to see who could dig the deepest hole.

And by hole, I mean move the most liquidity.

That might be good for a Guinness World Record or two. But, eventually, people are going to get bored. Moving dirt without any purpose soon loses its novelty.

Eventually, if we want our shovel to stick around, we’re eventually going to have to use it to dig for gold; to build trenches for water; to build shelters.

In other words, until we start using Solana to create value, all we’re doing is moving dirt (money) around. And a Solana ETF does nothing to change that.

MOT Token — The Engagement Layer Solana Is Missing

Let’s get one thing straight here. When I talk about Solana missing an engagement layer, I’m talking about real engagement. And by that, I mean something deeper than mere “I traded a token” type engagement.

That’s what Masters of Trivia (MOT) is currently bringing to Solana — a proper engagement layer that actually gives people a reason to engage with it beyond speculative trading.

We’re talking about something that’s actually fun and sticky.

Something with real-world utility, and includes token staking.

Something your non-crypto friends can actually try and enjoy.

That’s because, at its core, the MOT Token is the bedrock of the rewards and user engagement system on Masters of Trivia — a real, existing Web 2.0 gaming platform that’s already collected 200k+ downloads across its iOS edutainment and Android trivia apps.

And no, this isn’t some lame excuse for a game like we usually see in the crypto ecosystem — there’s no yield farming or JPEG flipping here. Instead, Masters of Trivia and its users came before the MOT Token was even a thing. In other words, we’re talking about a complete 180 compared to just about every other “crypto gaming” project.

So how does MOT Token actually work, and what does it bring to the table?

In simple terms, the MOT Token is essentially a rewards and engagement framework that’s been designed to offer a massive upgrade to the way these things normally work. Basically, instead of idle-clicking your way to meaningless in-game coins, Masters of Trivia has players actively gaming their way to valuable MOT Tokens.

And by valuable, I’m not just talking about “buying in-game loot boxes” and other so-called valuables.

For starters, because MOT is a real Solana token, it can be exchanged outside of the Masters of Trivia ecosystem. That means, if players want to take their earned MOT Tokens and exchange them for $SOL, and then for fiat (and then share in a Solana ETF…), they can.

It also means that once the MOT Solana Token starts working its way into other gaming and edutainment platforms (on the roadmap, see the whitepaper), MOT Token holders can use their tokens to purchase premium content and other valuable items outside of Masters of Trivia.

In other words, MOT Token will become a full-blown engagement layer for Solana, rather than a mere abstraction layer, which is all a Solana ETF is.

Oh, and just in case you were wondering, “but why would anyone buy MOT Tokens in the first place?”, I’ve got three words for you:

Pay for play.

You know how there are a bunch of people who purchase in-game currencies and premium items/upgrades in other games? We see this phenomenon in everything from Fortnite to the most brain-dead idle clickers.

Some people simply prefer pay-to-play.

And that’s cool, because it means MOT Token has instant, real-world value, right from the get-go — value that will only continue to accrue as it develops into the go-to engagement layer on Solana.

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