Oh, look, it’s Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, the crypto oracle with a PowerPoint and a dream. He’s here to tell us that the “nascent crypto sector” is about to go from caterpillar to butterfly-or, more accurately, from a confusing spreadsheet to a trillion-dollar industry. 🦋✨ According to him, the opportunity is “huge,” which is CEO-speak for “I’m about to sell you something.”
In a riveting discussion hosted by Goldman Sachs (because nothing says “future of finance” like a centuries-old bank), Armstrong pointed to stablecoins as the poster child for crypto’s potential. Remember when everyone laughed at the idea of a digital dollar? Well, joke’s on us, because people in high-inflation countries are now hoarding them like they’re rationed toilet paper. 🧻💵 Stablecoins, it turns out, are the unsung heroes of cross-border payments, moving $30 trillion last year-which is roughly the GDP of a small galaxy.
But Armstrong isn’t stopping there. No, no. He’s got his eyes on tokenized stocks, because why own a boring old share when you can own a blockchain-based token that’s basically the same thing but with more buzzwords? Under this genius plan, traditional shares would be mirrored by on-chain tokens, opening the stock market to anyone with an internet connection and a pulse. Finally, your barista can trade Tesla fractions at 3 a.m. while steaming milk. ☕📈
And the perks? Oh, honey, there are perks. 24/7 trading, because who needs sleep when you can lose money around the clock? Fractional ownership, because why buy a whole Picasso when you can own a pixel? And let’s not forget “programmable governance,” which sounds like something a robot overlord would invent. Imagine smart contracts deciding who gets to vote based on how long they’ve held a stock-democracy, but make it blockchain. 🤖📊
Of course, Armstrong admits it’s all a bit fuzzy right now. But hey, that’s the beauty of crypto: it’s like a science fair project, but with real money and higher stakes. Will tokenized equities take off? Who knows! But one thing’s for sure: Armstrong is ready to sell you the blueprint, one PowerPoint slide at a time. 🚀💼
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2026-01-13 13:22