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I just noticed something quite ironic while rereading Galaxy Digital's latest comments on the market. On one hand, the major Wall Street banks keep making public statements supporting Bitcoin, which initially seems quite positive. But at the same time, these same institutions are reluctant to truly commit to on-chain markets. It's a bit schizophrenic approach, isn't it?
Galaxy Digital raises an interesting point here. There is this growing tension between the pro-crypto rhetoric of big banks and their hesitance to fully embrace decentralized infrastructure. Meanwhile, tokenized assets are starting to make waves in the ecosystem, and honestly, that's probably what will trigger the next major regulatory clash.
What Galaxy Digital observes is that regulators will eventually have to take a clear stance on asset tokenization. Banks can't keep playing both sides forever. Either they genuinely accept blockchain technology and on-chain markets, or they stay out. But this ambiguity? It won't last.
Asset tokenization is clearly the next area where tensions will explode. Galaxy Digital sees it coming, and honestly, it's hard to disagree. Regulators will have to decide, and that decision will redefine how traditional institutions interact with crypto.