KwiNkomfa ye-Consensus ka-2022 e-Austin, eTexas, u-Abigail Johnson, usihlalo kunye ne-CEO ye-Fidelity Investments, wanikela isiluleko esivavanyiweyo kwisihlwele, esithi ukukholelwa kwakhe kwiziseko zexesha elide ze-cryptocurrencies zihlala ziqinile.

“Ndicinga ukuba obu bubusika bam besithathu be-cryptocurrency.Maninzi amahla ndinyuka, kodwa ndicinga ukuba lithuba,” utshilo uJohnson malunga nentengiso yeebhere.Ndikhuliswe ukuba ngumntu ochaseneyo, ngoko ke ndinale nto yokuguqa ngamadolo.Ukuba uyakholelwa ukuba iziseko zetyala lexesha elide zomelele ngokwenene, xa wonke umntu ewa [ngaphandle], lixesha lokuphinda kabini phantsi.

Ukucaca, nangona kunjalo, uJohnson akavakala enethemba malunga nolungiso olubukhali lwamva nje.“Ndibuhlungu ngexabiso elilahlekileyo, kodwa ndiyakholelwa ukuba ishishini le-cryptocurrency linomsebenzi omninzi ekufuneka liwenzile,” utshilo.
Ukunyaniseka - apho utatomkhulu kaJohnson waseka unyaka emva kokuphela kweMfazwe Yehlabathi II - wenza iqumrhu elisemthethweni elahlukileyo elibizwa ngokuba yi-Fidelity Digital Assets ngo-Oktobha 2018. Kodwa i-Boston-based based closely ebanjwe i-inverage brokerage (kunye noJohnson ngokukodwa) inenxaxheba ebuyela emva kwiintsuku zokuqala ze-bitcoin malunga no-2014, uhambo awalukhumbulayo kwincoko yomlilo kunye neqabane elisungula i-Castle Island Ventures uMat Walsh ngoLwesine emva kwemini.

Enomdla ngale "ndlela ecocekileyo yokudlulisa imali kunye nobutyebi," uJohnson wakhumbula ukuba uFidelity weza "malunga ne-52 yamatyala okusetyenziswa" kwi-bitcoin, uninzi lwazo lwaphela lugqitywe ngobunzima kwaye luboshwe.

Kwangoko, isigqibo sokugxila kwinqanaba lesiseko sobuchwephesha sakhokelela iqela likaJohnson ukuya escrow - kodwa yayingeyiyo enye yamatyala okusetyenziswa kwenkampani, utshilo, esongeza ngokungafihlisiyo ukuba akenzanga nkqubela phambili kwicala lemveliso njengoko. wayenethemba ekuqaleni kohambo.

“Xa sasiqala ukuthetha ngayo, ndacinga ukuba umntu ucebisa ukuba kufakwe i-Bitcoin, ndingathi 'Hayi, oko kuchasene neBitcoin.Kutheni umntu efuna ukwenza loo nto?”

Ukunyaniseka kwaba ngomnye wabadlali abaphambili beziko ukujongana ngokuthe ngqo ne-cryptocurrencies, kunokuba bangene kwinguqulelo enamanzi yetekhnoloji ye-blockchain, ebiyeyona ndlela imfashini kumashishini ixesha elithile.UWalsh uthe xa echaza umahluko, eqhula, “Akufani nokuba ubeka ilethisi kwi-blockchain.”

UJohnson uphinde wathetha ngesigqibo sakhe sokungena kwimigodi ye-bitcoin kwasekuqaleni, okwabangela ukudideka kunye nokudideka kwabaninzi abakujikelezile kwicandelo leenkonzo zezemali.Enyanisweni, emva 2014, nkqu abantu abaninzi cryptocurrency wayefuna ukwenza into umdla ngaphezu kwemigodi, Johnson wathi.

“Bendifuna ngokwenene ukwenza imigodi kuba bendifuna siqonde yonke indalo, kwaye bendifuna ukuba sihlale etafileni nabantu abaqhuba izinto ngokwenene kwaye baqonde yonke into,” utshilo uJohnson.

UJohnson uthe waqulunqa isicwangciso sokuchitha malunga ne-200,000 yeedola kwizixhobo zemigodi ye-bitcoin, eyakhatywa ekuqaleni lisebe lezemali likaFidelity.Abantu bathi, 'Yintoni le?Ufuna ukuthenga iqela lebhokisi eTshayina?'”

UJohnson waqaphela ukuba akasekho mfuneko yokuba athethelele ukungena kwishishini lezemigodi njenge "ithiyetha yokudala," wongeza ukuba uziva exhotyiswe ngokulinganayo kwaye ezinikele kwintshukumo yamva nje yeFidelity yokubonelela ngokutyhileka kwe-bitcoin kubathengi bayo be-401 (k) izicwangciso zomhlalaphantsi.

Andizange ndicinge ukuba siya kufumana ingqalelo enkulu ngokuzisa i-bitcoin encinci kwishishini le-401 (k)," utshilo uJohnson.Ngoku abantu abaninzi, bayivile loo nto, bebebuza ngayo, ngoko ke ndonwabile sisixa sengxelo entle esiyifumeneyo ngalo nto. ”

Oko kwathiwa, inyathelo lokuzisa i-cryptocurrencies kwi-20 yezigidi okanye izicwangciso zomhlalaphantsi ezilawulayo zachaswa ngoko nangoko liSebe lezaBasebenzi laseMelika kunye noSen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Echaza iinkxalabo malunga nokuguquguquka kweemali ze-crypto.

“Kuyakhuthaza kwaye kuyasivuyisa ukubona abanye abalawuli bezama ukuxhomekeka koku,” utshilo uJohnson.Kuba ukuba abasiniki indlela yokwenza ezinye zezi nxibelelwano, oko kwenza kube nzima kuthi ukuba sikwazi ukulenza lizive lingenamthungo ngasemva.”