Glad I'm not the only one who's extremely skeptical of BoA's statement. They were thieves and liars back in 2008 (and earlier), and they're thieves and liars now.
Most still seem to have short-term memories and don't care too much about what happened before, but that's just not right. If someone ignores me for a whole decade, tries to push me out of the way, and in every possible way prevent me from progressing in life - and then suddenly he comes up to me and says "hey buddy, how are you?", I know something is wrong here.
In addition to everything I have already written, this strategy of theirs seems to me to be a kind of false truce with which they want to gain time. In 10 years, we may have a situation where banks, ETFs, and crypto exchanges will be in the possession of most Bitcoin - because few will be able to resist selling and making a final exit.
That's right, providing centralized services in exchange for user "safety". Perhaps I will add the word friends in quotes, because indeed, banks are interested only in their own benefit, they do not care about the ideas of cryptocurrency.
The thing is, the average person still trusts banks because they depend on them, which means that banks can be used to become a bridge between users and their investment in Bitcoin. There would be nothing wrong with that, but if most Bitcoins bought that way remain in their custody, decentralization will increasingly become a thing of the past.
What’s next, banks buy or set up mining farms so they can mine BTC and control transactions?