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Cointelegraph · Jul 16, 2026 11:35 AM EDT Crypto

ARK pushes back against a16z’s ‘TradFi wants blockchain, not DeFi’ claim

ARK Invest’s director of research disputed a16z crypto’s thesis that traditional finance will adopt permissioned blockchain infrastructure instead of decentralized finance, saying institutions will increasingly rely on DeFi rails.

ARK pushes back against a16z’s ‘TradFi wants blockchain, not DeFi’ claim
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