Strike CEO Jack Mallers said Wall Street’s growing involvement in Bitcoin does not threaten the asset’s long-term viability or its underlying principles. “My one-word answer to that is no,” Mallers said on the What Bitcoin Did podcast when asked whether institutional participation conflicts with Bitcoin’s original ethos. “If Wall Street getting into Bitcoin kills it, it was never going to be successful in the first place,” he added. Mallers argued that Bitcoin was designed as an open monetary system accessible to everyone, including institutions, governments, and ideological opponents. “Bitcoin is predicated on this ... (full story)