Cyberpunk By: Connie Etemadi It might be interesting to consider how Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies could impact traditional financial systems. Long considered outsiders and disrupters to traditional finance, and by definition hailed as the currency of decentralized finance, or DeFi, it seems a shift has occurred, where Bitcoin price live affects and is affected by institutions, traditional banks, the Fed, and even the U.S. Dollar itself. Accordingly, the price of Bitcoin seems to have emerged as a clear market signal for individual investors and financial institutions alike to track.