Crypto power circuit: the invisible game

When I started (and keep) diving into crypto —between my “always” job and Lo Que Arde— I squeeze in tiny hours, the ones that slip away when everyone’s asleep.

There are suit days and neon days. I come from marketing, branding, and design; so I sit, study, practice, and return, like learning an instrument: with method and with a spark in my eyes.

Even so, life, energy, and brain GB aren’t enough for everything that overlaps.

If I had another life, I’d learn crypto down to its last spark.

I’ve always asked where independence begins and where it ends.

I’m still utopian, still idealistic; today, more than “keeping my feet on the ground,” I choose to understand the game and accept it, even if there’s a constant hum in the background.

And then the map appeared 👇

Inner ring: governance and “digital plutocracy”

On some blockchains (like Ethereum or Solana), users with more tokens can vote on technical or economic decisions: code changes, fees, validators, etc.

That’s on-chain governance.

🧠 Here’s the trick: your vote weighs according to how many tokens you hold.If a whale (company or fund) owns billions in tokens, its vote is worth far more.

There’s no equality: there’s digital plutocracy.

So yes, there’s “voting,” but power is concentrated in those who have the most —just like in traditional finance.

When whales negotiate: companies vs. regulators

Large companies (Binance, Coinbase, Crypto.com, Tether, etc.) can no longer survive off the legal radar.

They have headquarters, offices, employees, bank accounts.

And when you move billions, governments demand transparency—or they block you.

So yes: they cut deals.

They sign agreements, accept audits, pay taxes, comply with regulations.

Not because they “like it,” but because they need access to the banking system to keep operating.

The fiat ramp: the real checkpoint

This is where the State truly steps in.

It can’t control what you do inside the blockchain (your wallet, swaps, contracts), but the moment you want to convert crypto to traditional money (pesos, dollars, euros) or the other way around, you must pass through a controlled ramp.

That’s the checkpoint where KYC rules (“know your customer”), tax reports, and freezes kick in if anything smells like laundering.

Short conclusion

Decentralization exists, but it’s fenced.Sovereignty is negotiated between protocols, banks, and licenses.

Power changes shape faster than it changes owner.

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What matters to me (and what I’m proposing)

I don’t want you to repeat headlines; I want you to read currents.

To understand why a license in the U.S. or a policy shift in the U.K. moves more than a meme.

And if you’re in LATAM, to see this isn’t a hobby: it’s digital survival.

Spoiler: 

My free ebook is coming soon so we can keep learning together—not just to trade, but to understand what’s going on.

Back in 2020 I said it: we were heading toward a single digital currency (and I hate the idea).

I hate seeing banks in everything.

And here I am, watching, learning, designing my way to resist with symbols.

Leave your mark below 👇

Whether you know a lot, a little, or nothing: comment anyway.

Bring questions, data, corrections, gut feelings.

This isn’t a lecture; it’s a conversation.

We learn together — with arguments, respect, and fire.

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