proof of scam http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-19/worlds-largest-ico-imploding-after-just-3-months
It comes from people who don't get the fundamental concept of the blockchain containing every transaction ever made or the relatively trivial effort required to correlate a transaction back to an individual. I think the various law enforcement agencies are quite happy that this misperception persists!
IB has an infrastructure for Forex very tightly integrated into the clients budget/margin administration. You don't trade forex-contracts with IB but instead swap/move your EUR-budget to JPY-budget. Using the infrastructure they already have would mean that Bitcoin should be handled like a real currency. And that's just want Petterfy says: it must be a currency like USD,EUR,NOR, DDK were you can have a budget in and pay taxes with. Offering it in any other way, would mean building additional infrastructure which huge costs.
Buy the way: I have heard that Goldman is working on a crypto trading desk for 3th quarter 2018. That would be an eye opener for many
For crypto fans, here is a documentary about the roaming 90s as a cautionary tale, including Jim Cramer with long curly hair:
That guy looks like you Pekelo, minus the curly big troll Chia pet hair due. Betting on the Market 2017...Make Trading Great Again
I had a friend who never in his life bought a stock and made a ton on Iomega. He would not shut up about it.
I remember when Iomega was the shit. I guess your friend sold before the end: "Without the revenue from its proprietary storage cartridges, Iomega's sales and profits declined considerably. Iomega's stock price, which was over $100 at its high in the '90s, dipped to around $2 in the mid-2000s." The peak price was in 1996 but going down it still had moves from $10 to $30. Perfect example for Bitcoin's future.