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for a second there, I thought they were actually launching a bank. Like paypal, but on facebook. Now THAT would be huge.

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God, I'd love to start a bank or a currency. That's where all the real money is.

"Give me control of a nations money and I care not who makes the laws" ~ Meyer Amschel Rothschild

If I can ever take over Equatorial Guinea, the first thing I will do is create a currency backed by Equatorial Guinea's massive offshore oil reserves.

Here's to replacing fiat currencies with oil-backed currencies (directly)

Literally.

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