The work of a mediator! Just as when two people are quarreling with each other and do not want to be reconciled, someone else comes along, and by inserting himself between them resolves the enmity, so Christ did. God was angry with us, and we had quarreled with God, the Lord who loves the human race; Christ threw himself between us, and reconciled each nature.
Leontius of Byzantium, Contra Nestorianos et Eutychianos, 53
The work of a mediator! Just as when two people are quarreling with each other and do not want to be reconciled, someone else comes along, and by inserting himself between them resolves the enmity, so Christ did. God was angry with us, and we had quarreled with God, the Lord who loves the human race; Christ threw himself between us, and reconciled each nature.
Leontius of Byzantium, Contra Nestorianos et Eutychianos, 53
n the U.S. people generally use Bitcoin as an alternative investment, helping diversify a portfolio apart from stocks and bonds. You can also use Bitcoin to make purchases, but the number of vendors that accept the cryptocurrency is still limited. Big companies that accept Bitcoin include Overstock, AT&T and Twitch. You may also find that some small local retailers or certain websites take Bitcoin, but you’ll have to do some digging. That said, PayPal has announced that it will enable cryptocurrency as a funding source for purchases this year, financing purchases by automatically converting crypto holdings to fiat currency for users. “They have 346 million users and they’re connected to 26 million merchants,” says Spencer Montgomery, founder of Uinta Crypto Consulting. “It’s huge.”
The messaging service and social-media platform owes creditors roughly $700 million by the end of April, according to people briefed on the company’s plans and loan documents viewed by The Wall Street Journal. At the same time, Telegram Group Inc. must cover rising equipment and bandwidth expenses because of its rapid growth, despite going years without attempting to generate revenue.
