In a guest op-ed for CryptoSlate, Solstice co-founder and CEO Ben Nadareski argues that traditional financial institutions are adopting blockchain infrastructure on their own terms, not crypto's. Rather than embracing governance tokens, volatile treasury assets, or decentralized protocols wholesale, banks have selectively absorbed the technology underpinning crypto while sidestepping its culture and risk profile. Nadareski's thesis is that crypto's early experimentation — despite its chaos — effectively stress-tested and legitimized the rails that institutions are now quietly building on. The piece challenges the narrative that institutional adoption means Wall Street embracing crypto as-is, suggesting instead that banks are extracting what they need and leaving the rest behind. It raises broader questions about who ultimately benefits as traditional finance absorbs decentralized innovation.
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