Saxo CEO: Bitcoin's Liquidity Problems Are Driving Banks Away
Saxo Bank co-founder and CEO Lars Seier Christensen has said that bitcoin's liquidity problems are keeping banks out of the market for now. However, banks are looking into bitcoin and could become involved in the future, he said. In an interview with FXWeek, Christensen commented that banks are unwilling to get involved in bitcoin markets because the current digital currency exchange infrastructure lacks the necessary liquidity to make larger-scale purchases practical: "I'm not really sure that an exchange is, at this point, the most efficient way to get a market in here. The key question....
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