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Why Crypto Infrastructure Will Lose to Traditional Finance
December 11, 2025·6 min read
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Why Crypto Infrastructure Will Lose to Traditional Finance

Traditional finance giants like JPMorgan and BlackRock will commoditize blockchain infrastructure, capturing user value while crypto platforms become invisible utilities competing on price.

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Why Crypto Infrastructure Will Lose to Traditional Finance
December 11, 2025

Why Crypto Infrastructure Will Lose to Traditional Finance

Traditional finance giants like JPMorgan and BlackRock will commoditize blockchain infrastructure, capturing user value while crypto platforms become invisible utilities competing on price.

Why Crypto Protocols Collapse: The Metabolism Problem
December 10, 2025

Why Crypto Protocols Collapse: The Metabolism Problem

Crypto systems prioritize growth metrics over sustainable business fundamentals. Real protocols need metabolic capacity—converting users to customers and speculation to utility—to survive.

Why Layer 1 Blockchains Are Losing Their Future
December 09, 2025

Why Layer 1 Blockchains Are Losing Their Future

Most L1 blockchains attract users with incentives but fail to retain them. Real winners will make blockchain invisible to users, not faster.

Why AI Won't Give You More Time
November 11, 2025

Why AI Won't Give You More Time

AI promises leisure but delivers higher expectations. Technology doesn't solve scarcity—it transforms it into attention scarcity, making time feel more contested than ever.

AI Agents: The Screen Time Solution Leaders Miss
November 06, 2025

AI Agents: The Screen Time Solution Leaders Miss

AI agents could eliminate 80% of digital busywork, but the real challenge isn't technology—it's whether freed time fuels strategy or distraction.

AI Agents Kill the Web Interface—Here's Why
November 05, 2025

AI Agents Kill the Web Interface—Here's Why

OpenAI's browser launch signals the end of traditional digital interfaces. AI agents will replace browsing—transforming how financial services compete in the next 24 months.

How OpenAI Eliminated the Coordination Tax
November 04, 2025

How OpenAI Eliminated the Coordination Tax

OpenAI shipped two category-defining products in 30 days by eliminating coordination overhead. Learn why traditional enterprise processes are now obsolete and what parallel execution at scale means for your organization.

Cyborg vs Robot: Reading the AI Future Right
November 03, 2025

Cyborg vs Robot: Reading the AI Future Right

Companies fail by predicting wrong, not by poor execution. Explore why the cyborg vs robot AI debate might be the wrong question entirely—and how to stay adaptable when the future is uncertain.

Why AI Agents Are Just Outsourcing 2.0
October 31, 2025

Why AI Agents Are Just Outsourcing 2.0

Companies replacing workers with AI agents repeat outsourcing mistakes. Learn why augmenting humans beats replacing them, and how core competencies require human ownership.

Cyborgs vs. Robots: Your AI Strategy Choice
October 30, 2025

Cyborgs vs. Robots: Your AI Strategy Choice

Every enterprise faces a critical fork: augment human capabilities or replace them with AI. Learn why human-AI synthesis wins over full automation.

AI Trading with Real Money: What Finance Leaders Must Know
October 29, 2025

AI Trading with Real Money: What Finance Leaders Must Know

Six AI models are trading real crypto on Hyperliquid with $10,000 each. Here's why financial services leaders need to rethink compliance, risk, and accountability now.

AI Agent Skills: The Security Nightmare Nobody's Talking About
October 28, 2025

AI Agent Skills: The Security Nightmare Nobody's Talking About

AI agents can access files, APIs, and move money—but we're downloading their capabilities from untrusted sources. Here's why agent skills pose a greater security risk than model jailbreaking.

Jay Schulman - Blockchain & AI Strategy