Re 3: read "behind" as "backing" not "orchestrating in the shadows" major US banks and whatnot have started to make crypto/bitcoin plays in the past few years.

Re 3: read "behind" as "backing" not "orchestrating in the shadows" major US banks and whatnot have started to make crypto/bitcoin plays in the past few years. The idea is that these plays are early for them, and their followthrough of these ideas will be good for bitcoin. Of course they could also die the death most moonshots do.