we can all agree the cia and people at goldman aren't stupid. what if they are already behind nxt!? no one ever thought about that heh?
if goldman will ever be behind a coin, this coin will have a market cap > 1 billion for sure.
And it would be announced very openly. In a nutshell, the "Goldman attitude" is deeply-rooted pride. Pride that (we know) sometimes goeth before a fall, but pride nonetheless. What we call conniving, the Goldman prideful call "public service."
People like that do not operate in the shadows by habit. If they unveiled a cryptocurrency they're behind, they'd be proud as all get-out about it. They wouldn't hide their involvement, they'd trumpet it. At the very minimum, the executive in charge would be asked: "If this builds our brand, why aren't we doing this in the open? Why do you want to hide what we should be showing off?"
The answer, in another nutshell: face-saving. If Goldman's involved in crypto-currency behind the scenes, then management thinks it's too risky for Goldman to back openly. This way, the big Goldmanites can pull back and say: "We were interested in this cryptocurrency stuff, but your management decided that it was too injurious to our brand so we stayed out of it."
Or: "Your management has been top of cryptocurrency since its early days, but wisely decided to move in slowly because it was too controversial and not stress-tested sufficiently. When it became clear that cryprocurency would add to Goldman's brand, management was ready to go. Thanks to management's foresight and prudence, Goldman is now a leading-edge leader in cryptocurrency."
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