🪙 BTC Will Be A 'Mainstream Currency' - Here's When

If you can wait just a bit longer, BTC might challenge the USD.

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October 24, 2024

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Happy Thursday, Zingernation! Michael Saylor got into a beef with Bitcoiners recently over self-custody. Now he set that right, sort of - here’s what he said.

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TOP STORY

Bitcoin was originally invented by Satoshi as peer-to-peer electronic cash. Only later did people find it to be more useful as “digital gold.”

But the P2P cash aspect never went away and it may be back soon, according to one industry expert.

He expects Bitcoin to become a “mainstream currency” by the end of this decade.

What is driving that adoption?

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QUICK N DIRTY

Kraken is the next centralized exchange to launch its own blockchain called ‘Ink.’ Here’s what it will do and whether there is going to be an INK token.

Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s president, has donated 2 BTC to a well-known philanthropist to help raise fund to build schools. Here’s who got the money.

Michael Saylor supports self-custody of Bitcoin for “the willing and the able.” But he previously came under fire for some other comments. Here’s what he said.

FINTECH FOCUS

Stablecoins are becoming increasingly popular and PYUSD, Paypal’s own stablecoin, is no exception.

The company now received a $1M grant to develop PYUSD, which its Senior VP thinks is crypto’s “killer application.”

What the money will fund and what else he said?

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