A simultaneously optimistic and pessimistic post.
It seems likely that some change will begin and likely soon. My intuition is that the current power brokers will attempt to coopt and control alternative systems.
I vacillate on Bitcoin, the ETF moves are normalizing it to a degree, but perhaps also bringing it under the purview and control of the existing financial systems. It will be interesting to see what code forks for it are proposed and implemented in the next several years.
Yes. What is the purpose of cryptocurrency? To transact and hold wealth without the permission of the existing financial system. When the existing financial system gains control of a crypto, how does that crypto provide value?