Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Jito’s Kevin Beardsley on how institutional adoption really works and why crypto’s “step changes” can be misleading:
“Sometimes in crypto, we have these moments where there’ll be a few big press releases, and it feels like there was a step change. It actually was gradual the whole way up...
You see the announcement. You’re like, oh man, that was a great deal. That must have been a great three-week process. You don’t realize it took me 18 months to get there. A lot of people working very, very hard to educate the institution, make them feel confident, and bring it over the line.”
— Kevin Beardsley, Jito Foundation Head of Institutional Growth on the Talking Tokens podcast with Jacquelyn Melinek
Jito’s Kevin Beardsley on how institutional adoption really works and why crypto’s “step changes” can be misleading:
“Sometimes in crypto, we have these moments where there’ll be a few big press releases, and it feels like there was a step change. It actually was gradual the whole way up...
You see the announcement. You’re like, oh man, that was a great deal. That must have been a great three-week process. You don’t realize it took me 18 months to get there. A lot of people working very, very hard to educate the institution, make them feel confident, and bring it over the line.”
— Kevin Beardsley, Jito Foundation Head of Institutional Growth on the Talking Tokens podcast with Jacquelyn Melinek
