Backpack CEO: Crypto Is Just Finance

Video Friday, 9 October 2026

"A lot of people have this association of speculation with crypto. But I would argue that's a feature, not of crypto. It's just a feature of all financial markets.

I kind of like to just eliminate crypto from my vocabulary. It's all just finance....

Speculation is just the foundation of any type of financial market. And it's not this pejorative term. It's part of the stack that makes markets work."

— Armani Ferrante, CEO of @BackpackExchangeOfficial, on @RaoulPalTJM

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