The numbers are increasing as I write this. This number is up to 1,791. Over 90 are listed on the internet at the Blockchain.info website. There are now two major exchanges – one viewpoint is that they are competing but another viewpoint is that they should be working constructively together on regulation as each is expanding. One view of the institutions is that impressive motives in commercial thinking are causing them to get involved in crypto but another view is that there are malicious motives in lack of understanding or willingness to listen.
Are the institutions likely to be a successful part of crypto or do institutions need very early on to learn