DeFi Shouldn’t Fear ‘Suitcoiners’

Opinion by: Kevin Rusher, founder of RAAC

Crypto is a movement born from a cultural rejection of traditional finance, driven by the belief that transparency, decentralization and code can build a better financial system than the one that led to the 2008 financial crisis. Indeed, for many, the creation of Bitcoin was a rebellion against the traditional financial gatekeepers that siphoned all value out of the market.

That foundational spirit still matters for crypto, but the landscape has changed drastically after 15 years. Today, BlackRock is the…