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PayPal will start supporting bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on its platform

PayPal will begin supporting Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, allowing users to buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrency directly from their PayPal account, the company announced on Wednesday. There are however, two potential caveats: users, at least for now, cannot use those cryptocurrencies outside of PayPal, and paying for things using cryptocurrencies even within PayPal’s ecosystem will only be possible early next year. PayPal is not the first payments company to support cryptocurrencies, but it is arguably the most significant one so far. Jack Dorsey-backed payments company Square added support for Bitcoin in 2018. However, PayPal supports more currencies than just that. Aside from Bitcoin, Paypal also supports other popular cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, and Litecoin. Also, there are no service fees when buying or selling cryptocurrency until December 31, 2020, and there are no fees for holding cryptocurrency in a PayPal account. Buying with Bitcoin on PayPal from 2021 Beginning in early 2021, PayPal customers will be able to use their cryptocurrency holdings as a funding source to pay at merchants who support PaPal. Consumers will be able to convert their selected cryptocurrency balance to fiat currency, with certainty of value and no incremental fees, PayPal claimed, and added that merchants will have no additional integrations or fees, as all transactions will be settled with fiat currency at their current PayPal rates. PayPal also said that it has been exploring partnerships with licensed and regulated cryptocurrency platforms and central banks around the world. The service will be available to PayPal…

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