I still see many people being puzzled by BTC, saying it's a bubble, that it's going to crash, etc...
Taking advantage of the huge price rise, I think some early believers should team and buy an existing bank. Not Barclays, nor JP Morgan of course, but there are small banks out there. Imagine a bank owned by bitcoiners, for bitcoiners. It would become an exchange, and it would be the best exchange in the world with the full ability to make Swift and SEPA transfers without the need to use the service of a third party.
Nice plan, but let's make it realistic.. everything relies on the approval of the regulators, you can't run a banking institution without following the guidelines of the regulators, hence, you should no deviate with the standard that is being adopted by the banks, regardless of their size.