Gradually, Then Suddenly: Mastercard, BNY Mellon, Amazon, Twitter Poised to Join the Bitcoin Party

In the wake of Tesla’s big announcement on Monday, a wave of corporate engagement with crypto emerges.

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In the wake of Tesla’s big announcement on Monday, a wave of corporate engagement with crypto emerges.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.

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On today’s episode of The Breakdown, NLW looks at a slew of news from corporates getting into the bitcoin and crypto space, including:

Twitter CFO exploring bitcoin treasury holdings and payments to employees and vendors
Mastercard announcing crypto coming to payment rails in 2021
Amazon revealing its digital currency plans in a series of job posts
BNY Mellon, the world’s largest asset custodian, opening new digital asset business
Why Christine Lagarde says central banks won’t buy bitcoin anytime soon.

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Nathaniel Whittemore

NLW is an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital, was on the founding team of Change.org, and founded a program design center at his alma mater Northwestern University that helped inspire the largest donation in the school’s history.