# USDC will be KYC'd within two years; crypto splits into two worlds

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2022-08-12
- **Theme:** Crypto & DePIN — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/
- **Source:** Akash Weekly - August 10th 2022 (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:47:23 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqwoP7iMh7g&t=2843s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/2022-08-12-usdc-will-be-kyc-d-within-two-years-crypto-splits-2m53/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "USDC will be KYC'd within two years; crypto splits into two worlds," Akash Weekly - August 10th 2022 (Akash Network), 12 Aug 2022, 00:47:23. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqwoP7iMh7g&t=2843s

## Quote — verbatim

> I also think USDC will be KYC'd within the next two years. I think we're going to see two clear paths in crypto: one, the KYC'd, heavily regulated side of things and a whole ecosystem on top of that... and then you have this super private, super anonymized crypto world that's going to remain on this side. I think there's going to be two cryptos in the next year to two — it's my take.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Extension of the privacy-tech bet; he also expects decentralized identity to cluster with the regulated side, and ZK proofs to enable a "Tornado Cash done better."