Already, we’ve witnessed some huge jumps forward in the “cold war” between banks and cryptocurrency. Much like the United States and Russia did between the 1940s and the 1980s, both entities are trying to outdo the other, and show the world why they are essential and why they are more capable than their counterparts. In the end, however, both Russia and the U.S. came to terms with each other, and by the early 90s, joined hands to work on several conjoined projects.