Institutional Vault-and-Mint: A Realist's Playbook for Burned Crypto Vets

https://chancetete742.trexgame.net/how-a-crypto-trading-firm-survived-2022-debris-and-adapted-to-a-much-more-rigid-2025

I was there in 2021 and 2022 when “institutional-grade” meant a whitepaper, a VC wallet, and a PR blast. I lost money, learned faster than I liked, and got suspicious of grand narratives