Founder & CEO @ Blue Aster Capital, Founder @ CREBACO Global
On 6 March 2025, the US signed an executive order making Bitcoin a formal reserve asset. El Salvador had 7,666 BTC before it hit the news cycle. Bhutan mined its stack in secret. And Pakistan just announced its own programmer. The race has started. Most people still haven’t noticed.
The market just crossed \$300 billion. Four players are fighting for the reserve currency of the internet — and only one of them is actually making serious money.
The same banks that called Bitcoin a fraud are now underwriting the IPOs of crypto exchanges. This is what validation looks like — and why it costs something.
The headlines say quantum computers will kill Bitcoin. The physics says we probably have a decade or two. Here is exactly what is at risk, what is not, and what the smart money is doing about it.
Singapore built the reputation. Bahrain built the rulebook. For funds raising GCC capital, the gap is closing faster than anyone admits.