> Basically, if they are treating it as hot potato, that means they see it as too unstable and risky. Eh, I'm not so sure. You are probably right, but at the

> Basically, if they are treating it as hot potato, that means they see it as too unstable and risky. Eh, I'm not so sure. You are probably right, but at the same time they probably want USD for the same reason they get USD from Paypal or their merchant bank when someone pays in a different currency. Is Paypal not a viable payment platform? There are two parts to Bitcoin - some folks think it's a great store of value. I do not. I think it's an amazing decentralized transaction system that can replace VISA/MC - not replace the US Treasury.