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Bitcoin’s impact on the traditional financial system

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I. Decentralized Challenge to Monetary Issuance Rights

  1. The Disruption of Central Bank Monopoly
  • In the traditional financial system, central banks regulate money supply through monetary policy tools (e.g., interest rates, reserve ratios). Bitcoin, however, is built on blockchain technology with a fixed supply of 21 million coins issued algorithmically, breaking the monopoly of sovereign currencies. For instance, during Venezuela’s hyperinflation (over 10,000%), citizens used Bitcoin as a “digital safe haven” to hedge against fiat currency devaluation, directly undermining the central bank’s monetary credibility.
  • Derivative impact: Central banks worldwide have accelerated the development of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), such as China’s Digital Yuan pilot and Sweden’s e-Krona, representing the traditional system’s defensive innovation against decentralized currencies.

 

  1. Paradigm Shift in Value Storage
  • Referred to as “digital gold,” Bitcoin’s decentralized and inflation-resistant nature has diverted part of the demand for fiat currencies as reserve assets. Since 2020, enterprises like MicroStrategy and Tesla have added Bitcoin to their balance sheets, challenging the traditional “cash + treasury bonds” reserve model. In countries with compromised fiat credibility (e.g., Turkey), Bitcoin holdings have grown by over 200% annually.

II. Subversive Reconstruction of Financial Intermediation Roles

  1. Weakening of Bank Intermediary Functions
  • Traditional banks serve as credit intermediaries for deposits, loans, and payment clearing, but Bitcoin’s peer-to-peer transaction model has marginalized this role. For example, African refugees use Bitcoin to receive international remittances, bypassing the SWIFT system’s 3–5-day processing period and 10% fees, reducing costs to under 1% with real-time settlement. Decentralized Finance (DeFi) platforms like Aave and Compound facilitate on-chain lending, with $150 billion locked in 2023—equivalent to 15% of traditional banks’ microloan businesses.

 

  1. Expansion of Investment System Boundaries
  • As an “alternative asset,” Bitcoin has reshaped portfolio logic: institutional investors now allocate 5%–10% of traditional 60/40 stock-bond portfolios to Bitcoin. In 2023, the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) managed $35 billion, while pension funds and family offices increased their allocations from 1% in 2019 to 8%, pushing asset management industries to redefine risk-return frameworks.

III. Global Challenges and Adaptations in Regulatory Frameworks

  1. Game Dilemma of Cross-Border Regulation
  • Bitcoin’s decentralization allows it to operate beyond single-country regulation, with on-chain transactions bypassing FATF anti-money laundering rules. A classic case: the 2013 darknet platform “Silk Road” used Bitcoin for over $2 billion in illegal transactions. Although eventually shut down, it exposed regulatory lag behind technology. Current global regulatory attitudes vary: China has banned cryptocurrencies, the U.S. classifies them as commodities/securities, and the EU enforces the MiCA regulation, creating regulatory arbitrage.

 

  1. Iterative Driving of Regulatory Technology (RegTech)
  • To address challenges, countries have explored technical regulatory tools: The U.S. FinCEN uses Chainalysis to track on-chain fund flows, freezing $1.2 billion in terrorist-related transactions in 2023. Singapore’s MAS introduced a “regulatory sandbox” to allow financial institutions to test cryptocurrency services in a controlled environment, balancing innovation and risk.

IV. Bidirectional Impact on Market Stability

  1. Risk Transmission and Controversial Game
  • Bitcoin’s extreme price volatility (from $69,000 in 2021 to $15,000 in 2022) has drawn criticism as a “speculative bubble.” The 2022 LUNA crash triggered a chain reaction, wiping out $30 billion in assets and causing collapses of crypto lending platforms, raising concerns about spillover risks to traditional finance. However, data shows Bitcoin’s market cap accounts for less than 0.8% of global financial assets, posing no immediate systemic threat.

 

  1. Paradigm Revolution in Pricing Models
  • Bitcoin’s correlation with traditional assets has shifted dynamically: from 0.2 (weak correlation) with U.S. stocks in 2020 to 0.7 (strong correlation) in 2022, breaking the traditional “stock-bond hedge” logic. Institutions like Bridgewater Associates have developed “crypto risk parity models,” integrating blockchain-specific metrics (e.g., computing power costs, hashrate) into pricing systems, driving innovation in financial engineering theory.

V. Deep Reshaping of Financial Cognition and Ecosystem

  1. The Ideological Breakthrough of Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
  • Bitcoin’s core logic of “Code is Law” has driven a reconstruction of public trust in traditional finance. After the 2008 financial crisis, Bitcoin’s whitepaper emphasized solving the “double-spending problem” while implicitly questioning central banks’ excessive money issuance, attracting over 60 million users to the cryptocurrency ecosystem. 35% of users report switching to Bitcoin due to distrust in banks.

 

  1. Digital Expansion of Monetary Definition
  • Bitcoin has prompted society to redefine “money,” shifting from “state credit endorsement” to “technological consensus + market recognition.” This ideology extends to innovations like NFTs and stablecoins. In 2023, the global NFT market reached $24 billion, with artists selling works directly to fans via blockchain, bypassing traditional intermediaries like galleries and record labels to restructure value distribution in creative industries.

VI. Adaptive Evolution of Traditional Finance

  1. Strategic Transition from Resistance to Integration
  • Wall Street’s attitude toward Bitcoin has undergone three shifts: the “tulip bubble theory” in 2013, the “speculative tool theory” in 2017, and the “strategic asset theory” since 2020. JPMorgan has launched Bitcoin collateral loans, while Goldman Sachs offers OTC cryptocurrency trading. In 2023, traditional financial institutions accounted for 42% of Bitcoin derivative trading volume—30 percentage points higher than in 2019.

 

  1. Scenario Implementation of Blockchain Technology
  • Traditional financial institutions have separated Bitcoin’s monetary attributes to focus on blockchain applications: JPMorgan’s Quorum blockchain processed over $700 billion in transactions in 2023 for inter-enterprise clearing. HSBC optimized supply chain finance with blockchain, reducing document review time from 7 days to 4 hours and cutting costs by 60%.

CONCLUSION

The impact of Bitcoin on the traditional financial system essentially represents an experiment in the collision between “decentralized technology” and “centralized institutions.” In the short term, its volatility and regulatory challenges require time to resolve. In the long run, it drives the financial system toward “distributed trust”—CBDCs and decentralized currencies may complement each other, traditional banks could transform into “blockchain service intermediaries,” and regulation may shift from “prohibition” to “technology-empowered governance.” This transformation is not a disruption but a bottom-up logic upgrade from “institutional credit” to “technological credit,” ultimately shaping a more efficient and inclusive global financial ecosystem.

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