Deutsche Bank is in Trouble; Bitcoin to the Rescue?

Deutsche Bank is in Trouble; Bitcoin to the Rescue?

Deutsche Bank has fallen facedown, but this time, no one’s there to pick it up. Working to avoid the mistakes of 2008’s financial crisis, German lawmakers have stated that should Deutsche Bank and other major players in the financial arena go under, bailouts will not be delivered post-haste. The bank has been traveling through dark waters for some time. As far back as July, analysts have been predicting a financial meltdown of sorts, and despite the bank’s best efforts to cut costs and relieve its mounting monetary burdens, net profits dropped by nearly 98 percent in just the last two....


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