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

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On today’s episode of The Breakdown, NLW looks at a slew of news from corporates getting into the bitcoin and crypto space, including:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Twitter CFO exploring bitcoin treasury holdings and payments to employees and vendors</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Mastercard announcing crypto coming to payment rails in 2021</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Amazon revealing its digital currency plans in a series of job posts</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">BNY Mellon, the world’s largest asset custodian, opening new digital asset business </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why Christine Lagarde says central banks won’t buy bitcoin anytime soon.</span></li> </ul> <div data-pm-slice="0 0 []" data-en-clipboard="true"> </div> <div>--</div> <div><em>Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io</em></div> <div>--</div> <div>Enjoying this content?</div> <div> </div> <div>SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast</div> <div>Apple:  <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb" rev= "en_rl_none">https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb</a></div> <div>Spotify: <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/538vuul1PuorUDwgkC8JWF?si=ddSvD-HST2e_E7wgxcjtfQ" rev= "en_rl_none">https://open.spotify.com/show/538vuul1PuorUDwgkC8JWF?si=ddSvD-HST2e_E7wgxcjtfQ</a></div> <div>Google: <a href= "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9ubHdjcnlwdG8ubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M=" rev= "en_rl_none">https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9ubHdjcnlwdG8ubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M=</a></div> <div> </div> <div>Follow on Twitter:</div> <div>NLW: <a href="https://twitter.com/nlw" rev= "en_rl_none">https://twitter.com/nlw</a></div> <div>Breakd