I reckon the gamble scenario is quite unlikely.

Which leaves two more probable scenarios left.

I guess we will know once the trading starts, and if they pull their bid.
 
(ps I think they had something like 67000 coins  back in 2013 (I am not sure of the exact figure for the amount of coins older than a year, lost track tbh, but if trading were to start I think it is plausible some could fill the order, wasn't minimum investment $200,000 to start of with? EDIT: no it was $25,000)

I am not suggesting one scenario, I am just stating either they are very sure it will not get filled, or they want it to get filled, or they are taking a gamble if they do not know if it will get filled or not.

All it would take is trading to open and their buy order to be matched with a willing seller.... so either they are mighty sure they know when trading will start, and their bid will not get filled.......or they have no clue as to when trading will start and are either willing to buy, or take a $1.7 million gamble that they can pull the order in time, so that their order does not get filled.

up and down like a whores drawers

Cyclops ?

Do not fall off.

50000 Shares

=

Each share is 0.1 BTC

=

5000 coins

Now that I am back in the sunny U.K.

It sucks.

(back to work)

"In a few months (or maybe even weeks) in the future ......" have you trademarked this yet? I do not see the sign.

Sounds about Reich........ Anne to be Frank, I did Nazi that coming.

Fidor UK current status

"Send money = In development"

"Receive money = In development"

They just gave me a fiver though which is nice 

 

Zee Germans are coming   

Relevant

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/11513405/UK-launch-of-digital-bank-Fidor-hamstrung-by-payments-providers.html

" A German digital bank is planning to launch in Britain, once it is granted access to the payment system.

Fidor Bank had planned to open in the UK last month, but it has been held up by the difficult payments infrastructure. "

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https://www.fidorbank.uk/

Indeed, although they too have been running an obstacle course for a while....it seems they have reached the finish line.... though I am not sure it will necessarily mean they will automatically process domestic sterling payments for a UK based BTC exchange... at least not right away, maybe later. But you never know, it would be a interesting surprise. (What if Coinbase 1st UK banking partner turns out to be Fidor, would be interesting timing of the announcements, Coinbase UK yesterday and Fidor today.. but.......still I would be really surprised if it equaled faster payments sterling transfers anytime soon, if they did I think I would sign up for that right away tbh.) 

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/341306/Fintech_-_The_UK_s_unique_environment_for_growth.pdf

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(EDIT Also:)  https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/413095/gs-15-3-fintech-futures.pdf

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http://jackgavigan.com/2015/03/19/budget-2015/

There’s little doubt that here in the UK, lack of regulation has hampered the digital currencies sector. Banks, having been hit with punitive fines in the past for failing to do enough to prevent money-laundering, refuse to touch anything Bitcoin-related with a 10-foot bargepole, meaning that UK companies in this space are typically forced to bank overseas (e.g. Bitstamp, Coinfloor and CEX.IO bank in Slovenia, Poland and Latvia, respectively, despite being based in the UK). Applying AML regulation to exchanges should remove this barrier to banking services and help make the UK a more attractive regulatory regime.



Baby steps......

(but in what direction   , when I say baby steps I am referring to the path towards a true sterling based exchange with a UK banking partner(s)......but of course the banks are seemingly and at the moment at least throwing up barriers.)

I agree with comments regarding Coinbase/Uk based exchanges and domestic sterling deposits. It has been and continues to be  an issue......no doubt about it.

But.......baby steps.

Coinbase UK

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/29/bitcoin-coinbase-launches-in-uk

Since your ego is all in your imagination..... just imagine a wider door for it to fit through.