What stands out about this is how @Lombard_Finance is quietly moving into the center of the conversation that actually matters infrastructure that connects everything. At @Chainlink SmartCon, hearing Jacob and Johann discuss Powering the Future of Interchain Bitcoin felt like a preview of what the next cycle will be built on. Chainlink CCIP is already becoming the standard for secure cross chain messaging, and Lombard is taking that tech and using it to scale Bitcoin across ecosystems. This isn’t just DeFi innovation. It’s the first real merging of TradFi institutions, DeFi builders, and Bitcoin infrastructure in the same room from Fidelity to Chainlink, all aligned around a common goal: making Bitcoin capital efficient onchain. For years, Bitcoin was the reserve asset of crypto valuable but static. Lombard is turning it into the liquidity layer for global finance, with interoperability and compliance built in from day one. Events like this show that the conversation has evolved. It’s not about hype tokens or narratives anymore, it’s about infrastructure that connects markets, chains, and institutions. And @Lombard_Finance is right at that intersection.