4/ Once again, the case for green candles and price goes up shoots the industry in the foot.

3/ This is going to provide Blackrock with billions in revenues (if the exchanges adopt this). Traditional finance is taking over.

2/ We discussed collateralization and the need for high quality collateral a few years ago. When the industry drops the ball on something, Wall Street takes over.

#threadstorm 1/ Blackrock is continuing its hijacking of #crypto. The latest is negotiating to get its BUIDL tokens to be used as collateral for derivatives trading on crypto exchanges.

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4/ AI agents will number into the billions. This is going to alter the financial landscape of everything.

3/ This is something that is not possible with the existing financial system. Even PayPal is going to have challenges in a world of AI agency.

2/ This means we are dealing with two things that I think are joined at the hip. Here we have money that was developed in the digital world and is ideal for micropayments.

#threadstorm 1/ The state of crypto talks about AI and crypto. This is something that is crucial going forward. We are not only talking about blockchain but #crypto itself.

3/ It in important to step back and view things from a wider lens at times.

2/ This dives more into just wallet addresses although that is something. There are many factors laid out in the report.

#threadstorm 1/ a16z did their latest report on the state of #crypto. This was the first one in two years. We are now looking at a growth rate that is really taking off.

4/ Here is where the focus upon green candles instead of building the infrastructure comes in. We are seeing the big players starting to take over.

3/ This is something we discussed over the years, focusing upon what the industry needs to do. This was not done. Instead, it will be Wall Street stepping in and taking over.

2/ Instead, he is looking at what he can control (and profit from). Blackrock is being positioned as a major player in the digital asset space, already opening up a number of products that are designed

#threadstorm 1/ Larry Fink, CEO of Blackrock, says digital assets will be a global reality. Of course, he is not talking about public cryptocurrency and tokenization.