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   "text": "The benefits of coding existing law into smart contracts are only temporary, because as smart contracting evolves over time fewer smart contracting solutions will have a real world equivalent.",
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   "text": "The speed of smart contracting and associated DAO revisions will render regulations aimed at morphing decentralized systems obsolete before static centralized regulations are even finalized.",
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   "text": "Expectations of enhanced regulatory oversight fail because the accelerating evolution of AI agents, which will soon dominate financial transactions, renders static legal frameworks obsolete.",
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