This represents the first time a major crypto exchange led by a former NYSE president has attempted integration with traditional markets, while simultaneously maintaining top-5 global trading volume ($2.5B daily). The convergence of institutional finance expertise, massive crypto liquidity, and traditional market infrastructure creates an unprecedented bridge between decentralized and centralized financial systems.
Thiel's $1.25T Crypto Exchange Bullish Seeks NYSE Integration
📰 What Happened
Bullish, a cryptocurrency exchange backed by Peter Thiel, has filed for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker BLSH. Led by former NYSE president Tom Farley, the exchange has processed over $1.25 trillion in total trading volume since launch. In Q1 2025, it reported $2.5 billion in average daily volume, ranking among the top five exchanges for Bitcoin and Ether trades. The platform emerged from Block.one with backing from Founders Fund, Thiel Capital, Nomura, and Mike Novogratz.
📖 Prophetic Significance
The $1.25 trillion trading volume through Bullish signals the maturation of crypto markets into mainstream financial infrastructure. This aligns with prophetic expectations of a unified global economic system capable of granular transaction control. The involvement of Peter Thiel and former NYSE leadership indicates the deliberate merger of traditional and digital finance, creating systems capable of implementing the economic controls described in Revelation 13. The $2.5B daily volume demonstrates how quickly these systems can process global transactions, making universal economic monitoring technically feasible.