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   "text": "The digital asset market resulted from a technology push rather than a market pull: developers were driven by technical advancement rather than by usefulness and user friendliness, and market pull may only evolve once the DeFi technology infrastructure is more developed.",
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   "text": "DeFi platform technologies often have limited product market fit because the reliance on code over human judgment produces products built around automation that ignore the human element in financial transactions.",
   "abstract": "DeFi platform technologies often have a limited product market fit. The reliance on code in the market for digital assets over human judgments resulted in a focus on products that predominantly rely on automation, ignoring the human element in financial transactions.",
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