[Enlightened1]

"just 2 percent currently own any and more than 70 percent "have no interest in ever buying bitcoin." A further 26 percent are "intrigued" but do not plan to purchase any in the near future, the poll found."

Very interesting....

SWIFT handles $5 trillion in payments every single day. Or $1.25 quadrillion each year. If @Ripple captures 1% of that market, it handles $50 billion a day. That's a 200x increase from todays' 24hr $XRP volume. ...And that's just 1 usecase. Let that sink in.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

BitCoin is not an “investment.”

It’s a cash or credit card substitute.

[taxcontrol]

I am aware of a few major banks that are looking to replace the SWIFT system with a crypto currency.

[Arm_Bears]

I’ve devoted a couple of hours to investigating Bitcoin, and I still don’t get it.

Example - How does one “mine” something that is essentially non-existent?

[sergeantdave]

And in 1980, Apple stock was considered “risky.” If you had invested $1,000 in Apple, your portfolio would be valued at $500,000 today.

[Seaplaner]

I choose to have absolutely nothing to do with bitcoin. I neither want nor trust it. At all.

And, by extension, if any financial institution had anything to do with bitcoin, I would avoid them like ebola, zika, and Hillary combined.