Custodia CEO Warn Say TradFi No Ready for Crypto Bear Market
Custodia CEO Caitlin Long yan say firm dem wey dey TradFi fit no ready when next crypto bear market go show. For Wyoming Blockchain Symposium, Long tok say more institution dem dey chop spot Bitcoin ETF tin wey reach $53.8 billion and spot Ethereum ETF dem get $8.2 billion, na so dis cycle take waka. But she talk say old risk model and leverage way TradFi dey use like discount windows and fault tolerance no fit work for crypto asset wey no get plenty like Bitcoin. Dis one different from normal market wey get backup, crypto dey run live without bail out. She don see plenty cycle since 2012, she talk say another market fall go happen, she warn say regular way wey institution finance dey run fit scatter when crypto bear market hard. Dis talk fit make traders think well about how dem dey use leverage, risk model, and how dem arrange dia portfolio before market fit fall.
Bearish
Dis warning from one big custodian dey show structural risk as TradFi dey use old leverage and risk frameworks put for crypto. Traders fit see Long talk as sign to reduce exposure and tighten risk parameters, wey fit make short-term selling pressure dey. Historically, similar institutional caution—like pre-2018 ETF delays—trigger volatility and pullbacks. For long term, recognizing these gaps fit push better risk management and lower leverage for crypto portfolios, but immediate reaction likely bearish as market dey price in more uncertainty.