The article The Future of Cryptocurrencies amidst Financial Titans and Technological Upheaval analyzes the role of Bitcoin as a means of payment and an alternative to gold. The features of state regulation of the cryptocurrency industry in the USA and Europe are considered. The advantages of DeFi over the traditional financial banking system are shown. Vladimir Okhotnikov, a well-known expert in the field of decentralized finance and a CEO of the Floraria, Okhotnikov company, shares his professional opinion on the prospects of the first cryptocurrency on the pages of leading online publication…