Add me to the list of crazies I think bitcoin and blockchain tech will be widely used in the financial industry and beyond in the next decade.
Lets not forget EMG's 500 SPX call that's been postponed a few times, and is now apparently postponed to 2020 http://www.elitetrader.com/et/index.php?threads/doomsday-is-coming.207305/
to control the hoi polloi is the wet dream of every left wing government. a cashless society would make it much simpler for power hungry, greedy politicians.