&gt; Yeah, another to way to put it is they aim for legitimacy so they can be the bitcoin counterparty of choice for Fortune 500s and wall street.<p>According to Coinbase, the total value of all Bitcoin is currently about $3.5 billion. This is a tiny, tiny market for &quot;Fortune 500s and Wall Street&quot; and is equivalent to the value of a single (smaller) mid-cap company. Even at its peak, the total value of all Bitcoin was only around $14 billion.<p>Daily Bitcoin transaction volume hasn&#x27;t exceeded $100 million since July and has been as low as $33 million recently[1]. For comparison, daily volume in the FX markets exceeds $5 trillion.<p>Blockchain technology might be important but Bitcoin itself is about as interesting as the Burmese kyat or  	Gambian dalasi.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blockchain.info&#x2F;charts&#x2F;estimated-transaction-volume-usd" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blockchain.info&#x2F;charts&#x2F;estimated-transaction-volume-...</a>