The AllinCrypto Podcast

Wall Street Is Going Onchain: $160T, Bitcoin vs Gold & Quantum | Christopher Perkins

September 17, 2026·48 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

What happens when trillions of dollars in traditional finance start moving onchain?Christopher Perkins, Head of Franklin Crypto at Franklin Templeton, joins AllInCrypto to explain why institutional adoption may be far further along than most people realize.We discuss why public blockchains could become the infrastructure for 24/7 financial markets, what a potential $160 trillion onchain shift could mean for native crypto tokens, and why Perkins believes those tokens could eventually become strategic commodities.We also explore Bitcoin’s advantages over gold, Franklin Templeton’s involvement in blockchain infrastructure, stablecoins, tokenized collateral, US crypto regulation and one of Perkins’ most contrarian ideas: quantum computing may ultimately accelerate crypto adoption rather than destroy it.A wide-ranging conversation on what happens when crypto stops being an alternative financial system and starts becoming part of the infrastructure behind global markets.Not financial advice.

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