PayPal’s Venmo – a financial app that recently added cryptocurrency features – saw a payment volume of $60 billion for the third quarter of 2021, which is an increase of 36%. The company added that it could allow clients to use Venmo for purchases made on Amazon. Venmo Has Been a Huge Success Earlier this...Read More
Global payments giant PayPal disclosed on Friday that its customers in the United Kingdom can now buy, sell, and hold multiple cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin and ether, directly from their accounts. PayPal’s Crypto Services Now Available For UK Users “We are delighted to share that all eligible customers in the UK can now buy, hold, and...Read More
The San Jose-based online payments giant PayPal is launching its cryptocurrency services in the United Kingdom less than a year after the company first introduced the feature in the United States. Eligible customers in the UK will be able to buy, sell, and hold bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies through the PayPal platform beginning this week....Read More
PayPal will reportedly take another step in its cryptocurrency endeavors and roll out a “super app wallet” for its American users. The company will launch the upgraded version in the upcoming months. Additional Crypto Capabilities for PayPal Clients The Chief Executive Officer of the company – Dan Schulman – revealed during PayPal’s Q2 2021 Earnings...Read More
Blockchain Capital remains a major tech backer in the DLT space with investments in numerous crypto and DLT projects. Fund V with $300M Funding According to a press release published on Monday (June 22, 2021), Blockchain Capital has closed funding for its Fund V LP. The capital raise reportedly drew participation from several high-profile backers...Read More
After El Salvador announced plans to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, an official from Paraguay’s government has hinted at a similar development. The country’s Deputy of the Nation, Carlos Antonio Rejala Helman, suggested that the government will start working on a big project involving the largest cryptocurrency and PayPal. Is Paraguay Next in Line? The...Read More
In a recent job post, the company is now looking for a Business Development Manager for “Alternative Payments” —with experience in several fields, including cryptocurrencies. The key qualifications require at least five years of experience working in alternative payment providers, such as digital wallets and crypto-assets. Candidates will be responsible for the end-to-end business development...Read More
WeWork, one of the leading flexible workspace providers in the world, is jumping on the cryptocurrency bandwagon. A new release shared by Reuters revealed that WeWork would begin accepting select cryptocurrencies for payments. In a detailed blog post, WeWork also revealed that it will work with BitPay to process payments and will accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDC, and...Read More
Several months after its parent company implemented cryptocurrency purchases, Venmo has done the same for its multi-million user base. The company has added four digital assets so far – Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), and Bitcoin Cash (BCH). According to a press release from today, the New York-based mobile payment service is the latest large name...Read More
Speaking at a conference with several crypto-friendly corporations, PayPal’s CEO Dan Schulman revealed that the company is looking to expand its crypto-services as digital currencies take a leading role in the financial system. Schulman joined the “2021 Blockchain 50 Symposium: Crypto Goes Corporate“, together with dozens of executives from the technological and financial space, including...Read More
PayPal will reportedly announce later today that it has started allowing consumers from the US to use cryptocurrency to pay at the millions of merchants that the payment processor supports. PayPal, the world’s leading online payment processor, will announce later today that it has started allowing US customers to use their crypto within its network, Reuters reports....Read More
The leading payment processor, PayPal, announced today that it has agreed to purchase the digital asset custody company, Curv. It said that it will complete the acquisition in the first quarter of the year. Rumors Confirmed True As PayPal Acquire Curv Reports surfaced last week that PayPal was planning to acquire cryptocurrency security firm, Curv....Read More
PayPal could be in talks to buy a cryptocurrency startup focused on providing security solutions for cryptocurrency custody. According to diferent reports, PayPal is interested in acquiring Curv, and the talks between the two companies’ teams are an open secret in the global tech scene – though perhaps no longer a secret considering how quickly...Read More
Mastercard’s recent move to enable crypto on its network is a significant update that will help further Bitcoin’s adoption and make it mainstream. However, following the purchase of Bitcoin by Tesla and MicroStrategy the obvious next step was to consider Bitcoin payments, however, a critical question is, are retail traders willing to spend their Bitcoin...Read More
In a Q4 2020 investor update, PayPal revealed that it recorded fourth-quarter and fiscal year financial results that were far beyond its expectations. The company noted that it was its strongest fiscal year, with high payment volume and new accounts further strengthening its scale. PayPal recorded a massive surge in the number of active accounts...Read More
The rumored deal between the online payment processing giant PayPal and the cryptocurrency custodian BitGo will not occur. Instead, both companies will reportedly focus on separate new ventures. PayPal And BitGo Deal Won’t See The Light Of Day The online payment processor co-founded by Elon Musk started showing sympathy for the cryptocurrency industry earlier this...Read More
A year after PayPal suspended transactions for the leading adult website Pornhub, MasterCard, and Visa have followed the example in the midst of child abuse allegations. With cryptocurrencies remaining one of the few available options for payments, the question stands if such association is indeed positive for the industry. Visa and MasterCard Block Use Of...Read More
These are bullish times for Ethereum and its growing community. After all, why would anyone expect anything else? A week after the deposit contract was finally filled with a few hours to spare, the much-anticipated genesis block of the Ethereum 2.0 beacon chain was launched on 1 December. The said development came as a relief...Read More
PayPal users who use the service for high-frequency crypto trading should be cautious about having their accounts banned. One Redditor reportedly learned this lesson recently with the payment giant placing a 180-day hold on his purse that still has about $462. Apart from the likelihood of users facing account closures for trading crypto on PayPal,...Read More
It is now a well-known fact that payments giant PayPal is knee-deep in the Bitcoin market. In today’s interview with CNBC, CEO Dan Schulman explained his rationale behind the world’s top cryptocurrency value. He also elucidated on why his company is placing giant buying bets on BTC. The Utility Surrounding Bitcoin And Cryptocurrencies Is What...Read More
Crypto derivatives exchange, FTX has added nine more tokenized stocks, available for spot and futures trading to the exchange. The newly added tokenized stock listings on FTX are Square, PayPal, MicroStrategy, Moderna, Zoom, Nio, Twitter, Uber, and NVIDIA. Users will also be able to get the actual shares transferred to them when applied for, as confirmed...Read More
Paxos, PayPal’s liquidity provider, has seen its trading volume move up quite considerably over the past few weeks after crypto-trading went live on the platform to great acclaim. So for anyone looking to track crypto volumes going through PayPal…given Paxos (ItBit) is their liquidity provider, and the exchange was doing ~$3mln a day before, here’s...Read More
When the Crypto Twitter community reacts, it does so in a big way. And when the guys from the Bitcoin neighborhood unite, there’s nothing to stop them, especially when it comes to criticizing traditional financial institutions —whether they’re crypto-friendly or not. If this seems hard to believe, ask PayPal, who had to deal with significant...Read More
Bitcoin is up by a total of around 5% this week. However, the most interesting part is that it finally broke above the coveted $16,000 mark for the first time since January 2018. This time, however, things are looking a lot more stable. BTC had a few attempts at $16,000 and managed to convincingly break...Read More
The giant online payment processor announced yesterday that all “eligible PayPal account holders in the US can now buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrency directly with PayPal.” The update of the original statement reads that users can interact with digital assets from their PayPal application or through their desktop accounts. The cryptocurrency community remains split in...Read More
Despite trading above $13000, Bitcoin is not over-leveraged. The overall positioning mix is largely the same as July 2020. This comes as a surprise, as the price has gained 20% in this duration and the sentiment was anticipated to change based on Markets Science’s latest report. The sentiment is similar to July based on the...Read More
PayPal CEO Daniel Schulman said that the large online payment processor will add numerous new cryptocurrency-related features at the start of next year. In the most recent earnings call reported by Fortune, Schulman noted that the platform will enable crypto payments for goods and services at 28 million merchants. He reassured that it will not...Read More
At the beginning of October, Bitcoin’s price was particularly indecisive and trading slightly above $10,000, causing many to believe that the unfilled CME gap down at $9,600 would soon be closed. Fast forward to the current date, October 27th, BTC is trading at $13,400, having just marked a fresh high for 2020. The cryptocurrency added...Read More
PayPal’s decision to enable its users to interact with cryptocurrencies directly on its platform continues to attract popular individuals’ attention. The latest to acknowledge the significance of this move were the Head of Facebook Financial, David Marcus, and Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya. Banks Will Follow PayPal, Says Marcus Arguably the most significant piece of...Read More
Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, recently hit a new ATH in 7 countries. Soon, it is likely that other countries will catch up too. In Brazil, Turkey, Argentina, Sudan, Angola, Venezuela, and Zambia, Bitcoin has crossed its previous ATH. However, this development may just be the tip of the iceberg. At least in Turkey’s case,...Read More
