Blockchain.com Co-CEO Says ‘Crypto Spring’ Has Arrived as Institutions Take the Lead

Blockchain.com Co-CEO Lane Kasselman said the market has entered a "crypto spring," arguing that institutional participation is now driving the digital asset sector. In an interview featured by Bitcoin Magazine, Kasselman said crypto has more bipartisan support in the U.S. Congress than at any previous point, and that support continues to grow even as the CLARITY Act remains stalled. He also pointed to more than 30 rulemakings from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, along with ongoing state-by-state money transmitter licensing issues. Beyond regulation, Kasselman discussed Blockchain.com’s newly launched options trading product, the role of institutions in reshaping the market, the debate between self-custody and custodial wallets across different regions, and the company’s positioning as a liquidity layer for tokenization. The conversation also touched on AI agents and whether future settlement activity could happen in stablecoins or Bitcoin. The piece was first published by Bitcoin Magazine and written by Patrick Green.