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GIZMO'S PAINTING ACCEPTS DOGECOIN!On Facebook John Kraljevich writes: "Someday, there will be invisible secret money that only exists as bits of computer code.
"Anyway, you'll be able to hire a painter with that." This year my son gave me cryptocurrency for my birthday. Mind you, for grins I already have some in my PayPal account (Bitcoin and Ethereum), but I had to set up CoinBase to accept his gift of Cardano ADA coins. Does Gizmo accept those for small jobs up in Virginia? These are the Wild West days of electronic money, like the wildcat banking era before the National Bank Act. Everybody has their own crypto money, with varying methods to store and spend it, and limited choices on who will accept it. Someday there will become a consensus and standard, but buckle up folks - it's going to be a bumpy ride. -Editor
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And right on cue, here's an article about the Mastercard crypto card. -Editor
Major financial institutions—like JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, and Capital One—increased crypto talent hiring by 40% in the first half of 2021 compared with the same period last year, per LinkedIn data. Facilitating crypto payments may therefore be an attempt to keep issuers tied to Mastercard's network as they start thinking about offering crypto services.
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