任何人都不應該再懷疑比特幣會繼續存在

可能不太清楚的是，為什麼？答案相當簡單：華爾街找到錢了。

Bitcoin's market cap stood at $1.2 trillion as of October 2024. While there may be reasons to doubt bitcoin, especially when considering the broader cryptocurrency universe, it is undeniable that an asset valued at over a trillion dollars carries significance.

截至2024 年10 月，比特幣的市值為1.2 兆美元。重要意義。

In the world of finance, young traders are taught about market momentum, which can often trump fundamentals. Seasoned traders, on the other hand, understand that markets can resemble trains, and it's unwise to stand in the path of a freight train, believing you can accurately predict its stopping point. Bitcoin, in this analogy, is a train in motion, and skeptics are advised to proceed with caution.

在金融界，年輕的交易者被教導有關市場動能，而市場動能往往勝過基本面。另一方面，經驗豐富的交易者知道市場可以像火車一樣，並且相信自己可以準確預測其停止點而站在貨運火車的路徑上是不明智的。在這個類比中，比特幣是一列行駛中的火車，建議懷疑者謹慎行事。

Retail and institutional customers alike have expressed interest in bitcoin. More crucially, these customers have requested that financial service institutions provide access to bitcoin in a manner consistent with other established financial assets. My firm, LevelField Financial, is acquiring a U.S.-chartered bank in response to these customer requests and to provide a safe, simple, and secure experience for customers wishing to participate in the digital asset class.

零售和機構客戶都表達了對比特幣的興趣。更重要的是，這些客戶要求金融服務機構以與其他現有金融資產一致的方式提供比特幣的存取權。我的公司 LevelField Financial 正在收購一家美國特許銀行，以回應這些客戶的要求，並為希望參與數位資產類別的客戶提供安全、簡單且有保障的體驗。

Financial institutions, especially the large Wall Street firms, ultimately serve their customers. If they fail to offer the products and services requested by their customers, it is highly likely that those customers will migrate to other firms that do offer the desired products.

金融機構，尤其是華爾街的大型公司，最終是為其客戶服務的。如果他們無法提供客戶要求的產品和服務，這些客戶很可能會轉向其他提供所需產品的公司。

For financial institutions, meeting the needs of customers is the primary revenue-generating activity. All products and services sold to customers generate value for the firm in one way or another. In simpler terms, financial institutions make money by selling products to customers that the customers want to buy.

對金融機構來說，滿足客戶的需求是主要的創收活動。出售給客戶的所有產品和服務都以某種方式為公司創造價值。簡單來說，金融機構透過向客戶出售客戶想要購買的產品來賺錢。

Customers have expressed a desire for access to bitcoin products. For institutions, this presents a choice: either not delivering such products and potentially risking the customer relationship or providing the customers the products they want and generating revenue for the firm in the process.

客戶表達了獲得比特幣產品的願望。對於機構來說，這提出了一個選擇：要么不提供此類產品並可能危及客戶關係，要么為客戶提供他們想要的產品並在此過程中為公司創造收入。

It may be the case that the titans of Wall Street are converts to the future of cryptocurrency based upon extensive study and a belief that this asset class represents a considerable improvement over the status quo.

華爾街的巨頭們可能會基於廣泛的研究而轉向加密貨幣的未來，並且相信這種資產類別代表著對現狀的相當大的改善。

Alternatively, a simpler explanation for why so many firms are supporting bitcoin may be that they are simply reacting to overwhelming demand from their customers. After all, strong demand for products can lead to lucrative profits.

或者，為什麼這麼多公司支持比特幣的一個更簡單的解釋可能是，他們只是對客戶的巨大需求做出反應。畢竟，對產品的強勁需求可以帶來豐厚的利潤。

Occam's razor suggests that the simplest explanation is usually the correct one.

奧卡姆剃刀表明，最簡單的解釋通常是正確的。

Financial institutions responding to their customers and making money while doing so is how markets are supposed to work.

金融機構對客戶做出回應並在這樣做的同時賺錢，這才是市場的運作方式。