Nice. A decentralized disruptive technology spawns a government regulated exchange, which then has a non-public private summit for bankers so they can learn how to make their own harmonious centralized private blockchains.
I assume Satan has been RSVP'd and is attending?
Amazing. It at least took the internet a good decade before corps started selling it out, but these assholes... geez.
But that's how most of humanity rolls. People leave that stuff to those with an interest in it and seem surprised when they're outmanoeuvred by the same bunch.
There'll always be people preferring to go through finance professionals whether that's good for them or not.