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🚨 The bank is open: Russia's financial system embraces Bitcoin, this time it's not a joke

Still thinking Bitcoin is just a "dark web currency" for retail investors? The latest move by Russia's second-largest bank, VTB, is enough to slap that idea away — they have just officially opened Bitcoin purchasing channels for all investors. It's not a gray-area operation, nor a beta test, but a legitimate banking product.

How significant is this? Just look at the role banks play in the financial system. Banks are the most cautious ones, with century-old foundations, and they proceed carefully. When they truly take action, it usually means three prerequisites are all in place:

✓ Regulatory approval has been given the green light
✓ Market demand has been repeatedly validated
✓ Risks have been internally absorbed and digested

History shows the pattern clearly. Gold, foreign exchange, index funds — which of these wasn't first criticized, then accepted, and finally packaged and sold by banks to the whole society? Bitcoin is following the same path, and moving even faster.

The most interesting part is, this is not an isolated event. In the US, institutions are being attracted via ETFs; Europe is pushing forward a compliant custody system; now Russia is allowing large banks to directly open purchase channels. When major global financial systems almost simultaneously make the same choice, it’s no longer just hype — it’s a structural shift.

It's a classic topic — does it still matter if the market is already in a bull phase? The real question is: when banks start selling Bitcoin, are you still planning to sit on the sidelines and watch?