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James Bullard, a former St. Louis Fed president, put it more bluntly: Adoption won’t happen “as fast as Silicon Valley would like it. Those guys are hyping their IPOs.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

And yet, there is something unseemly about the way the representatives are hyping up their arrests.

From Slate • Jul. 20, 2022

Tech giants that are hyping up carbon removal say that they’re setting up the fledgling CDR market to make it easier for other companies to jump aboard.

From The Verge • May 25, 2022

In the video, I think you do a really good job of delineating between the rich Elon Musk types out there who are hyping crypto and the people who are getting suckered into the hype.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2022

After decades of emphasizing ambience, BOGOs and Dollaritas, big restaurant chains like Fridays and Applebee’s are hyping germ-free dining as they try to coax customers back from quarantine.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2020