Caitlin Long
CEO, Avanti Financial Group
Caitlin Long is a Wall Street veteran with over 22 years of experience and a pioneer in blockchain and tokenization. She is an advocate for integrating digital assets with traditional finance.
Bitcoin / Crypto
Is the Lightning Network Bitcoin's Payment Solution — or Proof That Scaling a Decentralized System Always Requires Reintroducing the Intermediaries You Were Trying to Eliminate?The Lightning Network promises to make Bitcoin fast and cheap enough for everyday purchases — but does solving its scaling problem mean quietly rebuilding the intermediaries Bitcoin was built to escape? Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Peter McCormack, and Caitlin Long debate whether this layer-2 fix is a triumph or a trade-off.
Bitcoin / Crypto
Is Ordinals Transforming Bitcoin Into Something Its Creators Never Intended — or Finally Proving the Network Can Evolve Without Losing Its Core Properties?Bitcoin's Ordinals protocol lets users inscribe NFTs directly onto satoshis — sparking a fierce debate over whether this expands the network's possibilities or betrays its founding purpose. Lyn Alden, Peter McCormack, and Caitlin Long debate whether Bitcoin can absorb this new complexity without losing what made it Bitcoin in the first place.
Financial Technology (FinTech)
Is the Tokenization of Money Market Funds the Quiet Revolution That Makes Everything Else in Crypto Irrelevant?Could tokenized money market funds make other crypto innovations look obsolete — or is that promise getting ahead of the regulatory reality? Caitlin Long, Larry Altman, and Bill Barhydt debate whether tokenization genuinely disrupts traditional finance or just adds a new layer of complexity to it.
Global Business / Economy
Is Web3 Finance Building the Infrastructure for the Next Economy — or the Most Elaborate Solution to Problems That Didn't Exist Before Web3 Created Them?Is Web3 finance dismantling the inefficiencies of traditional banking, or just rebuilding them with extra steps and less accountability? Ari Paul, Caitlin Long, and Patrick McKenzie debate whether decentralized finance represents genuine innovation or an elaborate solution in search of a problem.
Credit & Personal Finance
Is Decentralized Finance Actually Delivering on Its Promise — or Just Recreating Wall Street Without the Regulations That Were There for a Reason?Decentralized finance promised to democratize money — no banks, no gatekeepers, no Wall Street middlemen. But 73% of DeFi assets sit on just a few platforms, and the hacks keep coming. Cathie Wood, David Yoffie, and Caitlin Long debate whether DeFi is delivering on its promise or just rebuilding the old system without the guardrails.
Bitcoin / Crypto
Is Tokenizing Real-World Assets the Next Financial Revolution — or Another Crypto Promise That Arrives a Decade After the Hype?Tokenizing real-world assets — from real estate to commodities — promises fractional ownership, reduced friction, and a more transparent financial system. But the crypto space has made big promises before. Caitlin Long, Peter Wuffli, and Pamela Morgan debate whether this time is different or just another revolution that arrives a decade after the hype.