Crypto’s Point of No Return: Institutions are Finally Here, with Brett Tejpaul
The Defiant
by Camila RussoFebruary 4, 2026
In this episode, Brett Tejpaul, Co-CEO of Coinbase Institutional, sits down with Camila Russo to explain why institutional adoption accelerated last year. From ETFs and stablecoin regulation to banks using public blockchains in production, crypto crossed a line it can’t uncross.
We explore how Coinbase evolved from a retail exchange into a global financial infrastructure layer, why tokenization is finally happening for real, and what regulation unlocked that years of innovation couldn’t.
This is about the moment crypto became part of the financial system.
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Originally published on The Defiant on 2/4/2026