UK Banks’ Obsoleteness at Root of Small BTC/GBP Trading Volume

UK Banks’ Obsoleteness at Root of Small BTC/GBP Trading Volume

Despite being the fifth largest economy in the world, the United Kingdom has a relatively small BTC/GBP trading volume ratio. Banks refusal to deal with Bitcoin companies is at the heart of the problem. BTC/GBP trading pair. At first glance, the BTC/GBP trading pair would seem to be doing very well - it’s the sixth largest trading pair, accounting for 0.21% of Bitcoin’s total trading volume, 2,636.83 BTC or US$1,178,280.73, surpassed only by the BTC/CNY, JPY, USD, EUR, and RUB trading pairs. However, given that, according to a report by CoinDesk, 32.99% of Bitcoin users are based in....


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