[brunohaid]

You still have a lot of credibility to not be put into the number-go-up bracket and the social capital to overcome the political and power structures you had to face for two decades and know more about than most people by having built your company.

But as long as I don't see somewhat more transparent conversations with the people in your orbit like patio11, Matt Levine, Kyla etc, where you address how you'll actually tackle the non-technical challenges ahead, this GTM communication and site looks like every other 2019 JPM, HSBC etc "something blockchain" announcement and hard to get behind as something that might as well be really different this time, and not be killed/sidelined by vested interests. Including your own.

[jeremyjh]

The fact that Stripe is doing it in 2025 should already be a strong signal. If they were just like the clueless trendmongers who ran crypto initiatives at large institutions in 2019, they'd have done it then instead of now, after the GENIUS act has been passed.

[nicpottier]

Stripe supported Bitcoin for a while as a payment method.. so..

I actually view that as a plus though, they have experience and have seen what works and what doesn't.