That fact alone forces a reconsideration of what “financial infrastructure” really means going into 2026. Regulation Is No Longer the BottleneckFor much of the last decade, regulation was treated as the primary obstacle to on-chain finance. Traditional financial systems struggle here. The Real Bottleneck Is No Longer IdeologicalAs finance becomes more software-driven, the hardest problems are no longer philosophical or political. As on-chain systems handle more value and more automation, the winners will be teams that think less about trends and more about engineering discipline.

Source: dna January 13, 2026 06:21 UTC