Bill Cohan

And the backbone of confidence is, you know, is this a good thing in the public interest?

And I think that's another part of what we're trying to do here.

To me, there's like a great irony in this as well because, you know, you read the 2008 white paper, you, you know, Tyler did all those incredible interviews with those, you know, cyberpunk types and they're so passionate and so interesting and,

So it was supposed to be, you know, this decentralized new way to conduct financial transactions.

And yes, there's plenty of that.

And it was supposed to be, you know, for a way that you could do things without being monitored and Phil Zerman and privacy and all of that.

And yet, you know, and then, you know, we go through 2008 financial crisis, which

pretty much nearly brought the whole, you know, left ventricle of capitalism to its knees.

And then, of course, they're bailed out by Congress and the Fed.

And, you know, now these banks are literally stronger than ever.

Right.

And of course, they are perhaps the biggest controllers of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency and, you know, have bought into that, even though, you know, they kind of shun it.

They know it's just like another asset for them to control.

And, you know, I mean, the Wall Street, big Wall Street banks are just coming off

the most profitable quarter they've ever had in their history.

JPMorgan Chase made $16 billion of net income in the first quarter of 2026.

That's the most money any financial institution has ever made in any single quarter.

So what was supposed to

try to humble these institutions, what should have humbled these institutions, this financial crisis, this way of conducting financial transactions outside of their purview,

You know, not sure it's really worked.