PayPal Adds Bitcoin: Most Bullish News of the Year?

October 21, 2020
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Oct 21, 2020 at 15:21 UTCUpdated Oct 21, 2020 at 15:25 UTC

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PayPal will offer its U.S. customers the option of buying and selling crypto, with support for payments to its 26 million-strong merchant network coming next year.

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In this late-breaking Breakdown episode, NLW explores:

The specifics of the news
Why the scale, precedent and normalization are hugely bullish
What some skeptics are saying
Why it’s significant PayPal is focused on the coming central bank digital currency era

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