Those were my intial thoughts. I also don't see why, if they are actually interested in the technology behind the coin, why they wouldn't just amke their own in house versions of it. Use the coin as a beta and then perfect something in house. It's interesting to think about at least.

Not living with my parents, but I know a couple of people that do and are earning good money. They all are starting to think about including cryptocurrency (BTC, ETH, XRP) in their portfolios or to mess around with a couple thousand USD. I myself am not making as much, but investing a thousand or so into a promising alt seems like a way to go. I think more and more people are thinking along these lines.

I've been dabbling with cryptocurrency since ~2013, but this recent spike has my eyes wide open. I've heard recently that ethereum and ripple are two coins to watch because banks are getting behind them. Is this the widespread thinking or just people supporting altcoins they're vested in?