Episode 25 – Peter Bidewell on institutional adoption, onchain privacy, and hybrid infrastructure

In this episode of Tech It or Leave It, Sebastien Marque, VP of Strategy at Luna PR, sits down with Peter Bidewell, Head of Product at Rayls. Peter breaks down the scale of the institutional opportunity, where trillions in global financial assets remain largely disconnected from blockchain infrastructure, and why adoption still represents only a fraction of what is possible. The conversation explores why early institutional approaches using private and permissioned networks failed to scale, and how hybrid infrastructure models are emerging to bridge internal systems with public blockchain networks. They also dive into the role of privacy in institutional adoption, with confidential transactions and selective disclosures for regulators, as well as how combining onchain and offchain data can unlock new forms of automation. This episode is for builders, investors, and financial operators focused on institutional adoption, onchain privacy, and the infrastructure required to bring real capital onchain.