Why the $18T Retirement Industry Sees Blockchain as Key to Survival
An exclusive interview tracing how wallet-based infrastructure could reshape long-term savings.
Financial infrastructureInterviews & Video01 / Context
The assignment
The retirement industry’s blockchain debate was often framed as a product story. This interview examined the deeper infrastructure and distribution shift.
02 / Contribution
What I did
Led the executive interview, extracted the central tension between legacy accounts and wallets, and shaped the reporting into a forward-looking industry narrative.
03 / Process
How the reporting worked
Prepared around system architecture, participant behavior and regulation; converted the long-form interview into a written feature and caption-ready video excerpts.
04 / Outcome
What the work delivered
An exclusive that made a specialized infrastructure debate legible through a specific $18 trillion industry lens.
Multimedia reporting
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Indexed transcript
Interview excerpt
Robert Crossley explains why accounts and wallets are likely to coexist: modernization starts by fixing fragmented data and processes, then connects legacy systems to wallet-based infrastructure as adoption grows.
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