None of this shocks me.  I guess the only thing that I may have been a little deluded by is that Bitcoin was created by a single entity and was completely peer to peer. I like to imagine Satoshi as a benevolent person that has kindhearted motives of helping humanity break free from the bondage of the world's banking systems.  But of course, that would be too simple.

As a Christian I believe a "one world currency" will of course take over all currencies at some point and then all of humanity will then need to be controlled somehow (for taxes, or theft prevention and security) so the introduction of a mark on our hands or foreheads is going to be mandated to buy and sell.   To me it is just a matter of time until this happens.  Who is in charge of mandating this becomes the tricky question.    Also, as a Christian I am put into the position of paying the price for not "conforming."  It will get ugly very fast.