Opinion

Privacy risks becoming a flattened buzzword despite growing attention. Structural boundaries enable accountability, while complete visibility creates fragility and capture points.

Centralized digital identities create single points of failure. Identity system architecture determines whether empowerment or surveillance prevails.

Crypto markets lack credit. Pre-funded trades and thin prime brokerage cause liquidity droughts that amplify volatility and cap institutional adoption.

A hypothetical OpenAI crypto token might provide liquid funding for infrastructure, although the feasibility remains unconfirmed.

The GENIUS Act and MiCA could split stablecoins into cash-like instruments with statutorily protected redemption rights — or shadow deposits that reprice like credit during panic runs.

Prediction markets turn US secrets into onchain signals. Crypto bets on tariffs and raids become foreign intelligence’s open-source spycraft goldmine.

Crypto achieved seamless cross-platform operations, while banks remain fragmented across categories. Over 700 million users choose convenience over institutional boundaries.

Corporate BTC hoarding generates zero yield, while regulated DeFi infrastructure enables productive treasury deployment. Passive holdings become capital liability.

Tokenized assets remain trapped in batch settlements. Composability closes the gap between the speed of digital money and the lag in investment infrastructure.

Permissioned blockchains and centralized layer 2s rebuild intermediaries for tokenized assets. Based rollups inherit Ethereum security while enabling compliance.

Popular opinion is missing the sea change in the UK’s crypto operating environment. Beneath regulatory criticism, the UK is accelerating its crypto evolution

DeFi's composability creates cascading exploit risks while protocols handle risk idiosyncratically. Institutional adoption demands TradFi-style standardized frameworks.

Current blockchain infrastructure has inadequate throughput and systematic front-running. Real-world finance demands sub-second finality and fair transaction ordering.

Physical co-location and nanosecond advantages end as alpha shifts onchain. High-frequency trading firms own blockchain infrastructure.

AI’s foundational role in knowledge work means monopolies can’t be broken like social media or browsers. Alternatives to centralized AI systems must be built now.