Honestly (self-cancelling myself again here on Nostr)… likely no. At least not in the short term. IMO, we'll probably see some adoption of state-backed "stable" crypto coins in the future, and maybe the integration of payment networks like WeChat, PIX (🇧🇷), and WhatsApp Payments into this new "crypto" world run by Big Tech / Finance hybrids replacing some of what Visa and Mastercard currently do.

Maybe banks and big investors will start buying and holding much more (onchain) BTC in their reserves, which could help keep BTC prices going up. But that’s about it for now. And while I see that as a good thing, there are downsides too. E.g., thigher regulations and regular Joes getting priced out of onchain transactions as mining fees start to cost too much fiat.

This is, unfortunately, sort of the opposite of what cypherpunks hoped for… but it’s how things tend to go in tech. “Let’s fix a moral issue with tech” and then, “Well, folks distorted the tech just enough so they can keep doing exactly what they do while getting excited about the brand-new thing.” It's a bit sad, but I’ve seen it happen over and over again.

Keep hodling, though. Owning a bit of an asset that banks are interested in as a reserve isn’t a bad thing at all.