Tom Lee: Banks need to be wary of the lag in cryptocurrency transformation, as the dominance of traditional finance may lead to cognitive biases

Tom Lee stated in an interview that approximately 99% of financial activities are still operating on traditional financial infrastructure, but this situation may create misleading short-term biases, causing investors and businesses to view cryptocurrencies as a niche area and underestimate the potential speed of transformation in the financial system.

Tom Lee believes that the current dominance of traditional financial infrastructure does not mean that this pattern will be maintained in the long term. If financial activities gradually shift towards cryptocurrency infrastructure, institutions' reliance on the existing market structure may lead them to underestimate the speed of industry changes. He also warned that banks that have not established cryptocurrency business channels or formulated relevant strategies may face competitive disadvantages as cryptocurrency adoption increases.