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Kevin O’Leary says Wall Street’s tokenization boom is all talk without crypto rules
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- Neither will bitcoin, which is still a fringe asset to the big guys,” O’Leary said at Consensus in Miami, arguing that large investors still see most digital assets as uninvestable without clear federal regulation.
- Speaking at Consensus Miami 2026, the investor and “Shark Tank” personality argued that regulatory uncertainty is still preventing large financial firms from fully embracing blockchain-based assets.
- He said the turning point will come only when the U.S. establishes a formal legal framework for digital assets.
Neither will bitcoin, which is still a fringe asset to the big guys,” O’Leary said at Consensus in Miami, arguing that large investors still see most digital assets as uninvestable without clear federal regulation.
Speaking at Consensus Miami 2026, the investor and “Shark Tank” personality argued that regulatory uncertainty is still preventing large financial firms from fully embracing blockchain-based assets.
He said the turning point will come only when the U.S. establishes a formal legal framework for digital assets. “It has to become compliant globally within the [Securities and Exchange Commission] with an actual passage of a bill,” he said. “When that occurs, it’s going to change everything.”
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