Crypto Investors Own Percent of NY Bank Deposits : Photo by Quintin Gellar from Pexels While most banks are still steering clear of Bitcoin , Metropolitan Commercial Bank seems to have embarked on the road less traveled. A commercial bank based in New York, Metropolitan recently shared the fact that cryptocurrency investors and clients make more than 15 percent of their deposit transactions. Metropolitan plans to keep moving in this direction by continuing its support for digital asset traders. According to Metropolitan bank’s CTO, Nick Rosenberg , the bank has come to understand that cryptocurrency is a “serious industry” with “very interesting ideas coming out that could really change the way people do business.” Moreover, the Director of New Products Kyle Hingher has stated that Metropolitan envisions its future as being one of the prominent banks in the cryptocurrency industry. Could this be the beginning of a rapidly evolving trend among banks? Embracing the cryptocurr