Topic: 2013-04-02 Mashable.com 'Western Union Mulls Using Bitcoin' (Read 1093 times)
This thread needs an Xzhibit meme.
Seriously? You mean it wasn't an April Fool's joke?
WTF? What kind of major company would put out an announcement like that on April 1st?
WTF? What kind of major company would put out an announcement like that on April 1st?
Only a true badass like Western Union. You see, the joke was, that they did it on april fools, so that you'd think the joke was a joke of the nature that the jokester wants the jokee to believe the joke really wasn't a joke, when in reality it was the joke of the variety in which the jokester wants the jokee to believe the joke is actually a joke. Thats the whole joke.
Ah. Everything is all of a sudden becoming crystal murky.
Seriously? You mean it wasn't an April Fool's joke?
WTF? What kind of major company would put out an announcement like that on April 1st?
WTF? What kind of major company would put out an announcement like that on April 1st?
Only a true badass like Western Union. You see, the joke was, that they did it on april fools, so that you'd think the joke was a joke of the nature that the jokester wants the jokee to believe the joke really wasn't a joke, when in reality it was the joke of the variety in which the jokester wants the jokee to believe the joke is actually a joke. Thats the whole joke.
Seriously? You mean it wasn't an April Fool's joke?
WTF? What kind of major company would put out an announcement like that on April 1st?
WTF? What kind of major company would put out an announcement like that on April 1st?
http://mashable.com/2013/04/02/western-union-bitcoin/
The threat to their business model is clearly not going unnoticed. It wouldn't be too surprising to see Western Union (or a major competitor) offering BTC services and currency exchange considering they already have the required regulatory compliance framework in place.
"If you can't beat 'em..."
edit: The original Wall Street Journal source article is here:
http://mobile.blogs.wsj.com/cio/2013/04/01/western-union-eyes-digital-currency-services/
The threat to their business model is clearly not going unnoticed. It wouldn't be too surprising to see Western Union (or a major competitor) offering BTC services and currency exchange considering they already have the required regulatory compliance framework in place.
"If you can't beat 'em..."
edit: The original Wall Street Journal source article is here:
http://mobile.blogs.wsj.com/cio/2013/04/01/western-union-eyes-digital-currency-services/
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