&gt;The only way they make money (cash out) is if trust remains in the bitcoin platform.<p>Not if their cash isn&#x27;t - somewhat ironically - tied up in BTC.<p>Really, I&#x27;m sure between the two of us, we could imagine a thousand and one viable ways of making a tonne of cash very, very quickly <i>that wouldn&#x27;t involve transacting in BTC at any point</i>!