PayPal Adds Bitcoin: Most Bullish News of the Year?

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21 October 2020

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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