eBay CEO: "We Think Bitcoin Will Play a Very Important Role in the Future"
eBay CEO John Donahoe was recently asked about a number of different topics, and wouldn't you know, bitcoin just happened to be one of them. eCommerce Bytes reports that Carl Davis, Jr. of the Silicon Valley Black Chamber of Commerce recently asked Donahoe what he thought of bitcoin with regard to global trade. Donahoe reportedly said in response that he thought the digital currency was both an exciting and emerging technology. "We think Bitcoin will play a very important role in the future. Exactly how that plays out, and how we can best take advantage of it and enable it with PayPal,....
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John Donahoe, CEO of online e-commerce marketplace eBay and its subsidiary PayPal, has once again hinted strongly that he sees the integration of bitcoin into his companies' offerings as inevitable. His new statements suggest that bitcoin may be more than simply on eBay's "radar screen" as he has previously suggested, and follow his May declaration at a shareholders' meeting that the company is "actively considering" integrating bitcoin into its online payment gateway, PayPal. In a new interview with CNBC, Donahoe reiterated that he expects bitcoin to play a role in the company's future....
eBay CEO John Donahoe told shareholders at the annual meeting in San Jose, California, yesterday that the company is "actively considering" integrating bitcoin with PayPal. When asked by a shareholder about bitcoin's potential role in global trade, Donahoe responded by saying that the digital currency "will play a very important role in the future", eCommerce Bytes reports. While Donahoe said he couldn't envision exactly how bitcoin could become a more mainstream technology, he suggested that eBay is considering direct involvement with the digital currency, saying: "Exactly how that plays....
John Donahoe, president and CEO of eBay Inc. was talking about his company's future with digital currencies on CNBC. In the interview, he once again offered positive words about the future of technological advancements in money. 'I think there's no doubt digital currency is going to play an important role going forward, and at PayPal, we're going to have to integrate digital currencies into our wallet.' Ebay's outlook has been positive, yet cautious and hesitant. In order for eBay to integrate Bitcoin may take a lot of changes and that may be the reason for the slow progress in comparison....
eBay CEO John Donahoe by now isn't a stranger to making comments about digital currencies. He's gone on the record before to speak about the possibilities of digital currency integration into PayPal, and he's done so yet again. PayPal, of course, is a subsidiary of eBay, and remains a top payment network on the internet. Appearing in a CNBC interview, Donahoe said: "I think there's no doubt digital currency is going to play an important role going forward, and at PayPal, we're going to have to integrate digital currencies into our wallet." Interesting remarks indeed, and the community....
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