As Bitcoin prices continue to slide and retail investors panic-sell, Wall Street institutions are quietly scooping up crypto financial infrastructure at bargain prices. According to a report from MarsBit, a series of high-profile moves signals that traditional finance giants are accelerating their entry into the digital asset ecosystem:
- Invesco filed for a tokenized fund, aiming to bring traditional assets onto the blockchain;
- Kraken is in talks to acquire the decentralized lending protocol Aave, integrating DeFi liquidity into its exchange offerings;
- Circle partnered with Japan's Nomura Securities to advance USDC stablecoin adoption for cross-border settlements;
- SBI Holdings acquired regulated Japanese exchange Bitbank, building a full-stack financial group encompassing banking, securities, and digital assets.
The report emphasizes that these institutional moves are not driven by short-term price swings but by the dual clocks of regulatory clarity and technological maturity. The ownership of crypto infrastructure is systematically shifting from crypto-native pioneers to traditional financial institutions, a structural change that could define the next decade of digital asset markets.
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