{"id":173725,"date":"2023-10-13T20:51:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T15:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=173725"},"modified":"2023-10-13T20:51:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T15:21:40","slug":"bitcoin-is-the-only-neutral-internet-money-there-will-ever-be-says-ex-paypal-president-david-marcus-heres-why-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/bitcoin-is-the-only-neutral-internet-money-there-will-ever-be-says-ex-paypal-president-david-marcus-heres-why-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Is the Only \u2018Neutral Internet Money\u2019 There Will Ever Be, Says Ex-PayPal President David Marcus \u2013 Here\u2019s Why &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The former president of PayPal and ex-Facebook vice-president, David Marcus, says Bitcoin (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/currencies\/bitcoin\">BTC<\/a>) is in a class of its own compared to other crypto assets.<\/p>\n<p>In an appearance on the What Bitcoin Did podcast, the founder of Lightning Network payments protocol Lightspark <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LY0iGhv3Jnc\">says<\/a>\u00a0he now has the \u201cunshakeable conviction\u201d that Bitcoin \u201cis the only form of neutral internet money there will ever be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cBitcoin has more regulatory clarity than any other crypto asset out there. It is widely accepted by a lot of regulated financial institutions. Fidelity [Investments] has a Bitcoin-denominated 401k, and there are a bunch of spot Bitcoin ETFs that are awaiting approval. Eventually, it\u2019ll happen.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>And outside of the US, banks can touch Bitcoin and do, and they want to really embrace the capabilities that Bitcoin brings to the table.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>According to Marcus, Bitcoin will endure as it has reached \u201cpast the point of existential threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cIt\u2019s not completely off the table [existential threats]. But I feel like in the land of all digital assets, ones you can create, ones that already exist, it is by far, and arguably maybe by an order of magnitude, better equipped to resist all of these types of attacks and challenges.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>BTC is trading at $26,781 at time of writing.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Building the Global Financial System with David Marcus\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LY0iGhv3Jnc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">I<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Don&#8217;t Miss a Beat \u2013 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/join-the-daily-hodl-email-list\/\">Subscribe<\/a> to get email alerts delivered directly to your inbox <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Check <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/crypto-markets\/\">Price Action<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Follow us on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDailyHodl\">Twitter<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedailyhodl\/\">Facebook<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/thedailyhodl\">Telegram<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Surf <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/daily-hodl-mix\">The Daily Hodl Mix<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"hideinamp\">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"maxbutton-4 maxbutton maxbutton-check-out-the-latest-headlines-bigger\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/news\/\"><span class=\"mb-text\">Check Latest News Headlines<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&amp;nbsp<\/p>\n<h6>Disclaimer: Opinions expressed at The Daily Hodl are not investment advice. Investors should do their due diligence before making any high-risk investments in Bitcoin, cryptocurrency or digital assets. Please be advised that your transfers and trades are at your own risk, and any loses you may incur are your responsibility. The Daily Hodl does not recommend the buying or selling of any cryptocurrencies or digital assets, nor is The Daily Hodl an investment advisor. Please note that The Daily Hodl participates in affiliate marketing.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Generated Image: Midjourney<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former president of PayPal and ex-Facebook vice-president, David Marcus, says Bitcoin (BTC) is in a class of its own compared to other crypto assets. In an appearance on the What Bitcoin Did podcast, the founder of Lightning Network payments protocol Lightspark says\u00a0he now has the \u201cunshakeable conviction\u201d that Bitcoin \u201cis the only form of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[201,248,251,246,257,255,250,252,247,253,249,256,254],"class_list":["post-173725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-others","tag-blockchain","tag-bsc","tag-chainlink","tag-coin","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-gta","tag-looks-rare","tag-oracle","tag-polygon","tag-quickswap","tag-safe-moon","tag-wallet","tag-wordpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173725"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173728,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173725\/revisions\/173728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}