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Re:Banks Are Fleeing Crypto. Bitcoin Investors Should Be Wor... by ww520 on Monday January 09, 2023 @08:41PM (#34319213)
> if I were a bank, bitcoin presents a compelling argument.

Banks don't make money by owning assets. That's not their business model.

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Re:Banks Are Fleeing Crypto. Bitcoin Investors Should Be Wor... by givemeethekeys on Monday January 09, 2023 @09:14PM (#34319479)
Good point. Catering to crypto or bitcoin firms is not the same as buying / lending crypto.
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Re:Banks Are Fleeing Crypto. Bitcoin Investors Should Be Wor... by Ekaros on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @03:20AM (#34321955)
And more importantly their model is actually build on currency not being finite. Transactions make only so much money. Making loans that is non-finite money scales much higher.
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