Preston Pysh Warns: Institutional Adoption Could Threaten BTC’s Core Identity
According to Preston Pysh, a co-founder of the Bitcoin investment fund Ego Death Capital, early users of the cryptocurrency are unlikely to change their doubts about institutional adoption anytime soon. He claimed that some Bitcoiners are worried about the long-term effects of organizations that engage in institutional-type activities, such as Bitcoin derivatives. They wonder if Bitcoin can continue to be the safe-haven asset that it was in the past.
Part of that culture that brought it to where it is, is looking at where this is all going and saying no, no, no, no, this is all moving in a bad direction,
Pysh
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The remarks coincide with a continuing discussion in the Bitcoin community about whether the cryptocurrency’s original intent is being compromised by increased institutional interest.
For people who have made Bitcoin what it is, getting it here, over a trillion dollars, involved individuals, for the most part, self-custodying Bitcoin, holding onto the keys for dear life through 70% and 80% downturns and still not selling them. The term we like to throw around is we’re Bitcoin psychopaths.
Pysh
This cultural gap emphasizes the conflict between the grassroots beginnings of Bitcoin and its developing significance in international finance. Many long-time holders worry that institutional adoption could undermine the decentralization and self-sovereignty tenets that characterized Bitcoin’s ascent, even though it might increase liquidity and gain broader support. The equilibrium between these two forces, according to analysts, will be crucial in determining Bitcoin’s long-term character.
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According to Pysh, there are challenges to the Bitcoin ethos, and as institutional interest grows, he anticipates that scrutiny will continue.
I think that it’s going to move in a direction where a lot of people use Bitcoin the way they wanna use Bitcoin, especially institutions, who are going to use it very differently to how individuals use it. That’s a difficult pill for people to swallow. At large, part of the Bitcoin culture is to be pretty much skeptical of everything and to question everything,
Pysh
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