Interestingly, though, it seems like Circle want to abstract themselves from their involvement with Bitcoin as far as possible (such as stating "Enter an email address" in the payee field, and other subtle hints).
Yes. I had to dig around a fair bit to find the Bitcoin section. I wonder whether they plan to leave it behind completely. It would be a large waste of time and effort if they did but they're looking to go enormous.
I do get that feeling actually, and I think they want to piggy-back on the Bitcoin blockchain as a means of funds transfer which is much faster, cheaper and more efficient than SWIFT or other conventional transfer. This isn't a bad thing in itself, but it might attract regulatory attention to BTC and Circle's patrons won't be introduced to the technology (or we the Bitcoin community).
I did not notice any difficulties and excitement. Cryptocurrency does not affect the activity of banks. At the level of development cryptocurrency where she is now.
It is a surprise activity is still low, >7 years after the genesis block. I'd be surprised if there are any more than 100,000 users who actively engage with Bitcoin.
