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Will Apple Be the Next Fortune 500 to Buy Bitcoin?
A new analyst report from the Royal Bank of Canada thinks that with a small investment Apple could disrupt the crypto exchange space and pay for it by buying bitcoin.
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A new analyst report from the Royal Bank of Canada thinks that with a small investment Apple could disrupt the crypto exchange space and pay for it by buying bitcoin.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.
Today on the Brief:
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Our main discussion: Might Apple by the next company to dive into bitcoin?
In the wake of Tesla’s surprise $1.5 billion bitcoin purchase announcement, many are wondering which Fortune 500 will be next.
According to a new report from the Royal Bank of Canada - the country’s largest bank with more than C$800 billion in assets - the best candidate may be Apple.
In this episode, NLW breaks down:
- Why the RBC thinks Apple should build a crypto exchange
- How a BTC treasury purchase could fund it
- Why the crypto exchange space and the bitcoin treasury movement are both white-hot topics of discussion right now
See also: Apple Should Launch Own Crypto Exchange, RBC Analyst Says
Image credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
HOST
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.
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