Crypto’s TradFi Moment: Institutions Are In, but on Their Terms

Inside Consensus Hong Kong 2026 This series covers the key debates and trends that emerged from Consensus Hong Kong 2026, drawing on main stage sessions, side events, and on-the-ground interviews during the second week of February. The RWA War: Stablecoins, Speed, and Control Crypto’s AI Pivot: Hype, Infrastructure, and a Two-Year Countdown Crypto’s TradFi Moment: Institutions Are In, but on Their Terms The numbers keep getting cited at crypto conferences, but at Consensus Hong Kong 2026, they came from a different kind of speaker — not a protocol founder or exchange CEO, but a BlackRock executive doing math on a stage. The conference surfaced a central tension: institutional capital is enormous, interested, and still mostly watching. The $2 Trillion Thought Experiment Nicholas Peach, head of APAC iShares at BlackRock, framed the opportunity in simple math source: https://beincrypto.com/cryptos-tradfi-moment-institutions-are-in/