TechFlow news — On December 25, Jon Ma, founder of blockchain data platform Artemis, shared his cryptocurrency investment journey. He was first exposed to Bitcoin through a computer science course in 2015 but didn't take it seriously. It wasn't until the peak of the 2017 bull market that he began buying cryptocurrencies such as BTC and Litecoin. A conversation with Erik Voorhees, founder of ShapeShift, helped him realize that governments and money could be separated.
Afterward, he missed both the 2020 DeFi summer and the 2021 NFT boom. Not until mid-2021 did he re-enter the crypto market, purchasing SOL and Solana NFTs via FTX US, and exploring projects like ENS and Wonderland Money. He and his girlfriend also participated in Axie Infinity, even establishing a scholarship program in the Philippines.
Ma noted that compared to traditional SaaS, fintech, and internet consumer sectors, cryptocurrency has created a much larger global labor and financial system. Looking ahead, he expects traditional finance (TradFi) participants to drive the market capitalization of crypto assets from today’s $3.5 trillion to over $100 trillion.
With major asset managers like Fidelity and BlackRock launching digital asset ETFs, and payment giants such as Stripe and Visa entering the crypto payments space, traditional financial players are set to become the primary force shaping the global digital financial system after 2025.
