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ChainlinkGod on why institutional crypto adoption is accelerating. "Things have really only accelerated. The NYSE announcing tokenization, Larry Fink at Davos talking about how it's going to change everything. Attention on crypto is increasing due to discussions with the Clarity Act getting market structure built through." ChainlinkGod believes institutions...

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My conversation with Rob Hadick ＞|＜. As General Partner at Dragonfly, Rob has one of the clearest views on how blockchain is evolving from speculative crypto into the actual infrastructure of global capital markets. In this episode we dig into why finance, payments, asset issuance, and markets are the only parts of crypto that are truly scaling and how the industry is quietly becoming TradFi’s onchain upgrade. We spend a lot of time mapping traditional capital markets primitives directly onto blockchain rails and examining where value is actually going to accrue as tokenization, stablecoins, and onchain trading mature. At the center of the conversation is the belief that blockchain is no longer building a parallel financial system it is becoming the settlement, issuance, and trading layer for the existing one, while crypto itself settles into a more mature “capital markets +” phase focused on real assets, institutional flows, and sustainable business models. We discuss: - The current state of crypto as capital markets infrastructure and the decline of pure speculative narratives - Why finance, payments, and tokenization are winning while most other crypto applications struggle - The architectural parallel between traditional capital markets and on-chain systems - Tokenized assets = Securities - Stablecoins = Cash / settlement - DEXs & on-chain venues = Exchanges - Prediction markets = Information markets - Why institutions are moving on-chain and what they actually want (control, privacy, segregated markets) - Token vs equity: where value accrues in a non-Clarity Act world - The mass extinction event in crypto VC and why Dragonfly is doubling down on financial infrastructure - Stablecoins, RWAs, and the real path to “tokenization of everything” - Prediction markets (and why Polymarket matters) as the next interface layer - Sustainable business models and where value will ultimately capture Timestamps: 0:00 – Introduction & State of Crypto as Capital Markets 2:00 – Why Speculative Narratives Are Fading 7:00 – Finance, Payments & Tokenization as the Only Scaling Verticals 12:00 – Institutional Adoption & What Wall Street Actually Wants 18:00 – Token vs Equity Value Accrual 25:00 – Blockchain as the New Settlement & Issuance Layer 35:00 – Prediction Markets, Information & the Next Interface 45:00 – Crypto VC Consolidation & Dragonfly’s Thesis 55:00 – Real-World Assets, Stablecoins & On-Chain Markets 1:05:00 – Closing Thoughts: Where Value Accrues Next Enjoy!
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My conversation with Rob Hadick ＞|＜. As General Partner at Dragonfly, Rob has one of the clearest views on how blockchain is evolving from speculative crypto into the actual infrastructure of global capital markets. In this episode we dig into why finance, payments, asset issuance, and markets are the only parts of crypto that are truly scaling and how the industry is quietly becoming TradFi’s onchain upgrade. We spend a lot of time mapping traditional capital markets primitives directly onto blockchain rails and examining where value is actually going to accrue as tokenization, stablecoins, and onchain trading mature. At the center of the conversation is the belief that blockchain is no longer building a parallel financial system it is becoming the settlement, issuance, and trading layer for the existing one, while crypto itself settles into a more mature “capital markets +” phase focused on real assets, institutional flows, and sustainable business models. We discuss: - The current state of crypto as capital markets infrastructure and the decline of pure speculative narratives - Why finance, payments, and tokenization are winning while most other crypto applications struggle - The architectural parallel between traditional capital markets and on-chain systems - Tokenized assets = Securities - Stablecoins = Cash / settlement - DEXs & on-chain venues = Exchanges - Prediction markets = Information markets - Why institutions are moving on-chain and what they actually want (control, privacy, segregated markets) - Token vs equity: where value accrues in a non-Clarity Act world - The mass extinction event in crypto VC and why Dragonfly is doubling down on financial infrastructure - Stablecoins, RWAs, and the real path to “tokenization of everything” - Prediction markets (and why Polymarket matters) as the next interface layer - Sustainable business models and where value will ultimately capture Timestamps: 0:00 – Introduction & State of Crypto as Capital Markets 2:00 – Why Speculative Narratives Are Fading 7:00 – Finance, Payments & Tokenization as the Only Scaling Verticals 12:00 – Institutional Adoption & What Wall Street Actually Wants 18:00 – Token vs Equity Value Accrual 25:00 – Blockchain as the New Settlement & Issuance Layer 35:00 – Prediction Markets, Information & the Next Interface 45:00 – Crypto VC Consolidation & Dragonfly’s Thesis 55:00 – Real-World Assets, Stablecoins & On-Chain Markets 1:05:00 – Closing Thoughts: Where Value Accrues Next Enjoy!

Logan Jastremski

45,906 Aufrufe • vor 9 Tagen

The whole industry is pivoting out of crypto right now "We saw Robinhood's crypto earnings down massively, but they replaced that with prediction markets and did well. Coinbase suffering because their volumes are down massively. Wintermute is beholden to the same trend, which is the depths of a bear market, apathy, very little trading volume, very little to market make" "They want to actually make money, so they're going to go to greener pastures where they can do so" "But just remember, our market makers are moving into other markets, our Bitcoin miners are becoming AI data centers, and our crypto exchanges are becoming everything apps focused more heavily on prediction markets than crypto volumes. That should show you everything you need to know about where we're at in the cycle right now"
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The whole industry is pivoting out of crypto right now "We saw Robinhood's crypto earnings down massively, but they replaced that with prediction markets and did well. Coinbase suffering because their volumes are down massively. Wintermute is beholden to the same trend, which is the depths of a bear market, apathy, very little trading volume, very little to market make" "They want to actually make money, so they're going to go to greener pastures where they can do so" "But just remember, our market makers are moving into other markets, our Bitcoin miners are becoming AI data centers, and our crypto exchanges are becoming everything apps focused more heavily on prediction markets than crypto volumes. That should show you everything you need to know about where we're at in the cycle right now"

The Wolf Of All Streets

49,269 Aufrufe • vor 14 Tagen

Great Q by Istvan: How do you change a system? Through a vibeshift - and it's easy to do: - You change your mindset to "i can change this" - You change things - You get others to do the same People keep telling me i am just naively optimistic and ignore issues. I am not. I am super critical about a lot of issues in Europe. The vector is bad. I just don't see the point of repeating the same 50 stats on twitter for easy likes, negativity farming, or punching down. How miserable can people be to make that their daily task? There are clear things that can be done that have 10x outcomes for Europe if they work out. Worth doing. Many of them don't even need politicans. My pov: - We need more deterministic thinking about the future. - We need more builders, fewer whiners, bullies, and farmers Shit ain't easy, never was, welcome to the party. Here is me talking at slush about the whole issue.
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Great Q by Istvan: How do you change a system? Through a vibeshift - and it's easy to do: - You change your mindset to "i can change this" - You change things - You get others to do the same People keep telling me i am just naively optimistic and ignore issues. I am not. I am super critical about a lot of issues in Europe. The vector is bad. I just don't see the point of repeating the same 50 stats on twitter for easy likes, negativity farming, or punching down. How miserable can people be to make that their daily task? There are clear things that can be done that have 10x outcomes for Europe if they work out. Worth doing. Many of them don't even need politicans. My pov: - We need more deterministic thinking about the future. - We need more builders, fewer whiners, bullies, and farmers Shit ain't easy, never was, welcome to the party. Here is me talking at slush about the whole issue.

Andreas Klinger 🦾

24,873 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr