PayPal's crypto trading goes live in the US
Customers will be able to trade up to $20,000 a week, rather than the originally announced $10,000. On Thursday, PayPal's crypto trading and payments went live for all eligible customers in the United States.Per its updated announcement, PayPal ended its waitlist for customers looking to use cryptocurrency in the U.S. Trading features a limit of $20,000 per week, which is double the originally announced $10,000. PayPal ultimately plans to make crypto payments available at 26 million merchants globally. A representative told Cointelegraph that PayPal will notify U.S. customers about the....
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