Brickken CEO predicts full blockchain adoption on Wall Street by 2030
Blockchain technology will become core infrastructure for the world's largest financial markets by the end of the decade. That prediction was made by Edwin Mata, founder of the tokenization platform Brickken.
According to Mata, the line between traditional finance and the crypto industry will largely disappear in the coming years. In an interview with CoinDesk, he said major banks and financial institutions are already adopting blockchain for settlements, payments, and other infrastructure processes.
Blockchain becomes part of financial infrastructure
“We will stop talking about blockchain. It is becoming part of fintech,” Mata said.
According to him, the trend is already accelerating due to growing interest in real-world asset (RWA) tokenization among major financial institutions. As one example, he pointed to BlackRock's BUIDL fund, as well as initiatives aimed at moving securities recordkeeping onto blockchain-based infrastructure.
Mata predicts that by 2030, a significant share of Wall Street operations, including settlements, payments, and asset management, will run on blockchain infrastructure.
AI is reshaping markets faster than people
The entrepreneur believes the next stage of the industry's evolution will be the mass adoption of AI agents. In his view, software systems rather than humans will be responsible for a significant share of financial decision-making.Mata said Brickken is already using AI to automate the process of bringing assets on-chain and identifying liquidity sources for platform clients. The company claims that more than $500 million worth of assets have been tokenized through its infrastructure.
According to the Brickken CEO, traditional dashboards and complex interfaces will gradually be replaced by simple text prompts. Users will only need to describe their objectives, while AI systems will handle investment selection and yield optimization.
Europe falls behind the U.S. and Asia
Mata also criticized the European Union's regulatory approach. In his view, MiCA creates significant barriers for young companies while strengthening the position of large financial institutions.He noted that obtaining the required licenses can take up to nine months. For startups, such delays often make it difficult to scale operations and generate revenue.
As a result, some crypto companies are considering relocating to the UAE and Southeast Asia. At the same time, Mata believes the United States will remain the industry's primary hub due to the world's largest capital market and growing institutional interest in asset tokenization.
Earlier, the European Commission launched a review of MiCA rules covering stablecoins and DeFi oversight.
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