Your Bank is Becoming a Casino: River CEO Frames Bitcoin as the Alternative

POL April 28, 2026 1 minute read

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Your Bank is Becoming a Casino: River CEO Frames Bitcoin as the Alternative
Bitcoin 2026 speaker Alex Leishman warned in his Bitcoin 2026 talk that modern finance is shifting toward a gambling-like system, arguing that rising costs and stagnant wages are pushing people toward prediction markets.
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