Good morning Bitcoinland.
I see we're down a bit from yesterday's $9.5k+ AYHs but still well over $9k... currently $9277USD/$12267CAD (Bitcoinaverage).
Taking a little breather is a good thing but let's get back to the rally soon.
Go Bitcoin go.
Or don't use a bank at all. Do it the Jimbo way. Bitcoin ATM, wallet sweep, cash in hand. No names, no IDs, no records. The anonymity is worth the 5% (or whatever it is) commission.
Unless you're talking large sums, in which case you need to be extra careful.
It's been over a year since I've used an ATM. Now all my transactions are OTC, anonymous.
My typical fee is 3% which is competitive with just about any exchange when you include the cost of transferring the fiat. Definitely a cheap price for anonymity.
It's also instant. When I buy dollars, they're being counted in the machine while I'm scanning the QR code and sending the satoshis to pay for them. The whole process takes seconds. Same when I'm selling dollars.
The most important thing is that I never expose my private keys or give up any bitcoins until the cash is being counted. The only period of risk is during that time after sweeping from cold storage, buying, or otherwise receiving bitcoins into a cellphone wallet application and before transferring them to other secure addresses, either my own or other peoples.