How Institutional Money Is Changing Crypto Forever with James Seyffart
The Rollup18 Okt 2025

How Institutional Money Is Changing Crypto Forever with James Seyffart

TradFi and DeFi aren't enemies, they're learning from each other in real time.

In this episode, we sit down with James Seyffart, Bloomberg's senior ETF analyst, to discuss how institutional crypto and decentralized finance are converging, competing, and influencing each other's evolution.


We discuss:

- 150+ digital asset ETF filings in the pipeline

- Why Bitcoin's four-year cycle might be ending

- How institutional capital is dampening volatility

- The $1B Huobi Ethereum treasury strategy

- TradFi vs DeFi: What each system does better

- 9 new crypto ETFs coming before 2026

- The debasement trade: Gold vs Bitcoin dynamics


Timestamps

00:00 Intro

01:22 Downtober: What's Really Driving It

02:14 The ETF Landscape & Government Bottlenecks

03:47 150+ Digital Asset Filings Waiting for Approval

04:42 Treasury Companies vs ETF Hype: Different Strategies

06:29 Basket Products & Index ETFs: The Next Evolution

08:29 Bitcoin's Four-Year Cycle Might Be Over (Here's Why)

10:34 Relay Ad, Talus Ad, Hibachi Ad

11:20 How Institutional Money Dampens Volatility (Unexpected Effects)

13:31 Huobi's $1B Ethereum Treasury: What It Signals

14:05 The Debasement Trade: Gold vs Bitcoin Analysis

18:03 Gold-to-Bitcoin Ratio: What History Tells Us

19:37 RWA & Tokenization: Where We Actually Are

22:17 Leverage in the System: Still a Major Factor

25:38 TradFi vs DeFi: What Each Does Better

27:25 Alvara Ad, Enso Ad

27:52 Regulatory Clarity: The Path Forward

30:17 Government Shutdown Impact on Crypto Timeline

32:52 Nine New Asset ETFs Coming Before 2026

34:03 Closing Thoughts


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