Don’t Bank On It! Bitcoin Prices Rise, Banks Renationalize
While Bitcoin is worth more today than at any time in its history, with the exception of 11 days, in the banking sector it’s business as usual - money lost, uncertainty and bailouts. The past week has seen the nationalization of two banks by governments, one of which is the oldest bank in the world. Several more have been fined for interest rate fixing, with JPMorgan Chase obliged to pay almost $33 mln to Switzerland. Italy forecasts domino effect. “Italy is doing now what other countries have done many years ago to sustain their banking system,” Jacopo Ceccatelli, CEO of a Milan broker....
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As we pointed out in our previous interviews with a lot of highly educated and important people inside the financial sector, the banks are looking at Bitcoin and its technology. Recently some banks have come forward into admitting that they are “looking into Bitcoin and the blockchain technology”. Among these banks are 3 Dutch banks: Rabo Bank, ING and ABN Amro. It is true that the Dutch government and financial oversight commissions have urged caution with the whole digital currency. Nevertheless our predictions from last year have rung true. We said in many articles that the banks,....