The Role of Legacy Banking in WEB3 | Your Weekly R0AR ep26

Everyone in crypto loves to say “banks are dead.”

But are they really?

In this episode, Dustin and Brandon break down what actually happens to banks in a Web3 world. Instead of disappearing, banks may evolve into something entirely different—operators of financial infrastructure, liquidity providers for decentralized markets, and validators of trust in programmable finance.

We talk about:

Why self-custody doesn’t replace institutional custody

How compliance could move onchain

Why banks might become the backbone of Web3 liquidity

And what Banking 3.0 could look like

If Web3 is rebuilding the financial system from the ground up, the real question isn’t whether banks survive… it’s what role they play in the new system.