Leo Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs, refuted Bloomberg's report that Goldman Sachs will open a crypto trading counter in an interview with CNBC, although the New York bank has had a stake in a crypto trading desk since 2015.

In 2015, the leading investment strategy group of Goldman Sachs, which invests specifically in technology companies, has participated in a $ 50 million round financing with Bitcoin-startup Circle Internet Financial.

The case was concluded on April 29, 2015, when Bitcoin (BTC) was trading around $ 225.59, according to CoinMarketCap. At the time of going to press, BTC was trading around $ 10,040, an increase of 4400% over Goldman Sachs' investment in Bitcoin startup.

<img alt=" Bitcoin Charts "src =" https://cointelegraph.com/storage/uploads/view/4165b5c9f764e5c02cb94df3f6c344f3.png "title =" Bitcoin Graphics "/> Circle is made up of Circle Pay, which is a cash courier service with a social messaging component, but also Circle Trade, crypto-currency cash provider The company plans to open Circle Invest in 2018, a product designed for customers of detail for them to invest more easily in crypto-markets.

Goldman Sachs recently released a report referring to digital currencies as real money.Next, in November 2017, Blankfein Had said that he thought Bitcoin would probably not work in the long run, he was open to the idea of ​​BTC trading if it became more and more commonplace.