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Understanding Stablecoins and Their Utility, Why Stripe is Buying Bridge, Virtual Reality for NFL Quarterbacks

Understanding Stablecoins and Their Utility, Why Stripe is Buying Bridge, Virtual Reality for NFL Quarterbacks

Update: 2024-10-24
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A closer look at the emergence of stablecoins, their utility in crypto and cross-border payments, progress in the crypto space that could lead to more widespread adoption, and the strategic logic of Stripe's plan to buy Bridge, a stablecoin platform, for a reported $1.1 billion. At the end: Updates on the Apple Vision Pro, and the secret behind the success of Jayden Daniels in Washington, D.C.


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Stripe Confirms Plans to Acquire Stablecoin Platform Bridge — Bloomberg



Stripe Acquires Bridge, Stablecoins, Platform of Platforms — Stratechery Update



Tim Cook on Why Apple’s Huge Bets Will Pay Off — Wall Street Journal



Apple Sharply Scales Back Production of Vision Pro — The Information



Jayden Daniels’ growth with VR simulation has Commanders embracing mind games — The Athletic



The German VR ‘flight simulator’ behind LSU QB Jayden Daniels’ Heisman-caliber 2023 season — The Athletic





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Understanding Stablecoins and Their Utility, Why Stripe is Buying Bridge, Virtual Reality for NFL Quarterbacks

Understanding Stablecoins and Their Utility, Why Stripe is Buying Bridge, Virtual Reality for NFL Quarterbacks

Andrew Sharp and Ben Thompson