Gigantic investment banks only put money into things they anticipate will have a huge payoff.

When it comes to Goldman Sachs’ investment in Circle Internet Financial, it’s expected Circle will either be acquired or have a massive initial public offering.

A company using cryptocurrency like Circle eventually going IPO would be great for bitcoin.

This raises the bar for the industry — and the expectations.

Can the cryptocurrency industry deliver?

We asked the ZapChain community of bitcoin experts what they think. This is what they said:

1. Validity

No matter what people may think of Goldman Sachs, its investment is legit.

“I think it’s great news. It adds legitimacy to bitcoin. It’s only a matter of time before money begins to be invested directly into bitcoin instead of bitcoin companies.”

-Michael Cote, enthusiast