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Mar 2021
17m 46s

🤑 “Wait, there’s no Bitcoin emoji?” — P...

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You can buy that latte with Bitcoin today after PayPal just did its mainstream crypto dance. Newspaper disruptors The Athletic and Axios have a crush on each other that may blossom into a media SPAC marriage (aka “The Great Re-Bundling”). And Big Wind is having its big moment so we whipped up the 3 big numbers from the Biden infrastructure plan. $BTC $PYPL $ ... Show More
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