Good stuff, Jack!
I know someone︁ "personally" 😉 who has circumvented banks for the last +18 months! Up to 2 years ago,︂ it was 50/50 banks/crypto. But as compliance officers started to request all kinds of disrespectful︃ private data, this person jumped ship. Now, it's ALL non-custodial wallets and excesses go into︄ cold wallets. 100%. Business has increased orders of magnitude as this "person" can pay and︅ get paid and settle Txs in minutes instead of days or even weeks with banks/EMIs︆ etc etc.
Are banks not realizing this? Or are banks still trying to bribe politicians︇ with "donations" to pass special-interest laws for them to keep their medieval monopolies? 🙄