Crypto Industry Shifts Focus to Banking-Style Services

According to PANews, the cryptocurrency sector is transitioning from infrastructure development to offering 'new banking' style applications, emphasizing payments, lending, and stablecoins. Projects like Polygon and ether.fi are integrating on-chain self-custody features with traditional financial experiences, aiming to provide banking-like products without requiring users to understand the underlying technology. Messari highlights that while this trend holds significant potential, there is currently a high degree of similarity among crypto cards and payment products. Industry experts generally believe that genuine user growth will stem from on-chain native, composable financial experiences.