This content was created by Alexander Lorenzo. This content was uploaded by Alexander Lorenzo. This is a YouTube commentary titled "8 Wall Street Titans Just Took Over Crypto’s Plumbing" (published July 2, 2026). A single speaker presents an opinion/analysis asserting that major Wall Street firms (Citadel Securities, Fidelity, Charles Schwab, Virtu, Sequoia Capital, Hudson River Trading, etc.) have formed and are expanding EDX Markets to control crypto custody and payment rails (including filing to become a national trust bank), framing this as a Wall Street takeover of crypto plumbing. The speaker argues this is a buying/positioning opportunity in altcoins and includes a promotional link in the video description.
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8 of the biggest names in Wall Street just went all in on crypto. Wall Street already took over crypto. Some people missed it because there were regular people not allowed to look. See, there is a crypto exchange kind of like Coinbase, except you probably never used it. It's called EDX Markets, and it's built for only the big dogs. You literally have to be an institution to get access. And listen to who owns it. Some of the biggest names in American finance. We have Citadel Securities, the firm run by Ken Griffin. It handles roughly 1 in every 4 stock trades in America. Then we have Fidelity, Charles Schwab, Virtu, Sequoia Capital, Hudson River Trading. These are the titans of Wall Street co-owning one exchange together. Now watch this move because this is the exact same playbook the crypto exchange Kraken used to plug into the Federal Reserve. On March 25th, 2026, EDX filed with the OCC, the biggest banking regulator in the country, to become a national trust bank, the same kind of charter Kraken used as its on-ramp to the Fed's payment rails. If it goes through, EDX becomes the bank that holds, settles, and earns yield on everyone else's crypto. The back office for all of Wall Street's crypto. And here's the tell that we already know it's coming. EDX used to outsource its custody to another federally chartered firm, Anchorage. Now they are pulling it all in-house. You do not rebuild your custody from scratch unless you are confident The approval is coming because Wall Street knows what's coming and they already are moving on it. This is not just EDX. The only crypto exchange the Federal Reserve has ever let in, Kraken, is about to buy 15% of Aave, the altcoin that runs the largest marketplace for lending in all of crypto. Essentially, what I'm saying is they're competing behind the scenes before the approvals because they want to get dominance. So let's look at the whole picture. This is exactly what a takeover looks like. It's not old guys on TV buying a little bit of Bitcoin. It's the most powerful firms in finance building the pipes. Banks and the back office for crypto itself in a place you can't even enter yourself. This is exactly why I'm positioning now while we are building and accumulating in crypto, not being scared because the market is down. And the best part is that they keep choosing to build specifically on altcoins. They have been able to basically build it on the thing that we can buy for the past 8 years. This is the reason the largest wealth transfer in history is actually possible for the average person. If you want to learn more on how to make money on this, of course the link is in my bio. Take advantage. There's a link that will give you the access.
