Crypto’s Grand Waltz: Who Will Lead, Who Will Follow, and Who Will Trip?

Tom Farley, the erstwhile maestro of the New York Stock Exchange, now turned crypto soothsayer, declares with a wry smile that the consolidation is nigh. “They mistook products for businesses,” he muses, his tone tinged with both amusement and reproach. “A costly confusion, indeed.” The stand-alone hopefuls, once buoyed by inflated price tags, are now adrift, their dreams of blockbuster buyouts fading like the last notes of a forgotten melody.




