任何人都不应该再怀疑比特币会继续存在

可能不太清楚的是，为什么？答案相当简单：华尔街找到了钱。

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，比特币的市值为 1.2 万亿美元。虽然可能有理由怀疑比特币，尤其是考虑到更广泛的加密货币领域，但不可否认的是，价值超过 1 万亿美元的资产具有重要意义。

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，年轻的交易者被教导有关市场动能，而市场动能往往胜过基本面。另一方面，经验丰富的交易者知道市场可以像火车一样，并且相信自己可以准确预测其停止点而站在货运火车的路径上是不明智的。在这个类比中，比特币是一列行驶中的火车，建议怀疑者谨慎行事。

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.

零售和机构客户都表达了对比特币的兴趣。更重要的是，这些客户要求金融服务机构以与其他现有金融资产一致的方式提供比特币的访问权限。我的公司 LevelField Financial 正在收购一家美国特许银行，以响应这些客户的要求，并为希望参与数字资产类别的客户提供安全、简单且有保障的体验。

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.

金融机构，尤其是华尔街的大型公司，最终是为其客户服务的。如果他们无法提供客户要求的产品和服务，这些客户很可能会转向其他提供所需产品的公司。

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.

对于金融机构来说，满足客户的需求是主要的创收活动。出售给客户的所有产品和服务都以某种方式为公司创造价值。简单来说，金融机构通过向客户出售客户想要购买的产品来赚钱。

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.

客户表达了获得比特币产品的愿望。对于机构来说，这提出了一个选择：要么不提供此类产品并可能危及客户关系，要么为客户提供他们想要的产品并在此过程中为公司创造收入。

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.

华尔街的巨头们可能会基于广泛的研究而转向加密货币的未来，并且相信这种资产类别代表着对现状的相当大的改善。

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，对于为什么这么多公司支持比特币的一个更简单的解释可能是，他们只是对客户的巨大需求做出反应。毕竟，对产品的强劲需求可以带来丰厚的利润。

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

奥卡姆剃刀表明，最简单的解释通常是正确的。

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

金融机构对客户做出回应并在这样做的同时赚钱，这才是市场的运作方式。