According to @LexSokolin, the crypto industry should stop relying on centralized finance (CeFi) and instead execute trading and build infrastructure on decentralized finance (DeFi), comparing current behavior to complaining about Windows Phone while trading Apple stock; source: Lex Sokolin on X, Oct 21, 2025. He advocates on-chain execution and self-custody over centralized venues as the solution for crypto-native market activity; source: Lex Sokolin on X, Oct 21, 2025.