sparkly wrote:mnunuzi wrote:Bitcoin would kill our finance sector, it crashed 80% in seconds. from circa $600 to $108. Now imagine a client who had saved 100million in form of bitcoins, with no hedge...
So why should it be banned in Kenya?
I don't see how it kills our finance sector if it is not part of the finance sector.
Maybe you work in a Bank and you are afraid of losing your job if BC goes mainstream.
Its down 77% in two weeks (950-220). You don't see anything wrong with that? I don't work for any bank. There is an upside to financial regulation, otherwise it would be insane to have a substantial amount of your savings in Bitcoin.
Scenario?
"Monday your cousin from US is sending you $100,000 worth of Bitcoins, account for delays, two weeks later you finally manage to exchange your Bitcoins for real cash, then the banker shocks you with a $33,000 check", now magnify to billions, see where it would place us.