2025-12-09 18:38:24

Traditional finance has been flirting with crypto forever. Years of "we're exploring blockchain" and "studying digital assets."

But this? This actually matters.

PNC Bank—$410 billion in assets—just rolled out direct Bitcoin trading for their clients. We're not talking about some pilot program or custody service they'll announce and forget about. Real BTC trading. Built right into their platform through a partnership with a major compliance-focused exchange.

First major US bank to do it.

Think about that for a second. A top-tier American financial institution letting customers buy and sell Bitcoin directly. No jumping through hoops. No third-party apps. Just login and trade.

The walls between TradFi and crypto? They're not just cracking. They're coming down.

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SchrodingersPaper

· 2025-12-12 15:45

Wait a minute... Is PNC really here? I've fucking said for a long time that this day would come, but now that it has happened, I'm a bit panicked. A scale of 41 billion directly into BTC... this is not a pilot, not a test; this time it's for real.

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DarkPoolWatcher

· 2025-12-12 04:01

PNC's move is really tough; even the bank with 41 billion in assets can't sit still.

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faded_wojak.eth

· 2025-12-09 19:07

This move by PNC is really different—finally, there's a bank that's not just paying lip service anymore, but actually launching BTC trading. This is what taking real action looks like.

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TheMemefather

· 2025-12-09 19:00

Finally, there's a major move—PNC is playing this game ruthlessly.

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BearMarketSurvivor

· 2025-12-09 18:57

Damn, PNC is for real this time, it's not just another "we'll look into it."

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GasOptimizer

· 2025-12-09 18:47

Banks with 41 billion assets directly traded on BTC? From the data side, this is indeed a signal turning point, but it is necessary to calculate the market penetration rate and real trading volume to confirm that it is not hype.

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