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The US Department of Homeland Security is attacking forgeries and counterfeiting via blockchain.

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/80447/dhs-blockchain-startups-tech-funding

@MManoylov

. @PayPal recently announced that it will allow its 400 million users to “buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrency directly from their #PayPal accounts.”

PayPal will give access to Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, and Bitcoin.

https://fortune.com/2020/10/21/paypal-cryptocurrency-bitcoin-ethereum/

@davidzmorris

Since PayPal’s announcement, Bitcoin’s value has increased over 10%.

https://twitter.com/Bayarizard/status/1319082325968343040

@Bayarizard

“Bitcoin has this enormous contingence of really, really smart and sophisticated people who believe in it...It’s like investing with Steve Jobs and Apple or investing in Google early.”

- Paul Tudor Jones

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/22/-paul-tudor-jones-says-he-likes-bitcoin-even-more-now-rally-still-in-the-first-inning.html

@YUNLI626

Bahamas launches the world’s first centralized digital currency.

https://www.coindesk.com/central-bank-of-bahamas-launches-landmark-sand-dollar-digital-currency

@sebsinclair1989

Not to be outdone by the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, the Marshall Islands’ are working on the SOV.

https://decrypt.co/43979/inside-marshall-islands-new-cryptocurrency-sov

Is China about to lead the world in a digital global payments system?

https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/china-digital-currency-revolutionize-global-payments

China recently airdropped over 10 million digital yuan.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/12/china-digital-currency-trial-over-1-million-handed-out-in-lottery.html

@ArjunKharpal

The Bank of Spain is doing research on digital currency.

https://www.coindesk.com/spain-central-bank-digital-currency-research

@realDannyNelson

Aspiring crypto entrepreneurs can check out the curriculum of Crypto Startup School.

https://news.bitcoin.com/andreessen-horowitz-publishes-crypto-startup-school-documentary/

@jamieCrypto

Will you be your own bank?

https://www.publish0x.com/cryptomarketeer-blog/will-banks-become-extinct-due-to-cryptocurrencies-xkkqwvm#?a=xkazOV2bJ0

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