Scanning, Trying and Scaling: Fidelity’s Journey in Digital Assets

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Started by listing 52 use cases and running internal experiments including employee pilots and a $200,000 mining test to learn the stack and custody risks. Discovers one near‑term winner and builds Fidelity Digital Assets for custody, uses mining experience to inform security, and creates a technical solution to offer bitcoin inside retirement plans via a 401(k) unitized stock for bitcoin. Reports steady demand, regulatory frictions, slow scaling, and pragmatic focus on customer experience.

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1. 0:00Introduction to Crypto
2. 1:21Fidelity's Early Interest
3. 3:40Exploring Use Cases
4. 5:45Building an Ecosystem
5. 7:48Navigating Bear Markets
6. 11:14The Custody Business
7. 13:40Innovation and Leadership
8. 17:34Future of Securities
9. 19:31The Mining Journey
10. 22:28Bitcoin in 401k Plans
11. 26:19Bridging Old and New
12. 29:07Regulatory Challenges
13. 31:31Looking Ahead

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