Litecoin Surges After PayPal Includes It Among the Cryptos Its Customers Can ...

PayPal users with accredited identities will start accessing cryptocurrency trading soon. However, cryptocurrency transactions for its business account are not supported yet. Starting from this week, U.K residents will have initial access to buying, holding, and selling cryptos via PayPal. This development will make a remarkable milestone for a firm that started providing digital asset services within one year. PayPal is an American multinational financial technology company that operates an online payments system. It’s a global payment provider with services accessed in most countries....

Yesterday, finance giant PayPal announced partnerships with Coinbase, BitPay and GoCoin to dip their feet in the water with cryptocurrency. Bitcoin price surged upward upon hearing the news, going from being worth around $400 to being worth $450 in a matter of minutes. Now, the CEO of GoCoin confirmed that Bitcoin won't be the only cryptocurrency benefiting from the PayPal partnership. PayPal is supporting Dogecoin and Litecoin payments as well. In a tweet, CEO of GoCoin Steve Beauregard told followers that Bitcoin, Dogecoin and Litecoin would be available to PayPal merchants: Pleased to....

Litecoin has been one of the best-performing assets of the past 24 hours. The long-standing cryptocurrency has gained 20% in the past 24 hours, outpacing Bitcoin’s 5% gains and Ethereum’s 3% run. This rally comes shortly after LTC was added to PayPal’s new cryptocurrency service. Many saw this addition as validation of the cryptocurrency, which […]

Paypal has completed the first international expansion of its cryptocurrency offering outside of the U.S. Paypal Crypto is now available to customers in the U.K. allowing them to buy, hold, and sell four kinds of cryptocurrencies. Paypal Crypto Now Available to All Eligible UK Customers Payments giant Paypal Inc. announced Friday that it has completed the rollout of its crypto offering in the U.K. The rollout began in late August when the company announced the launch of its crypto service in the U.K. The official account of Paypal U.K. tweeted: We are delighted to share that all eligible....

The big news Tuesday was that PayPal would allow North American (for now) merchants to sell their digital goods for bitcoin through the PayPal Payments Hub, but there seems to be a little bit more to the news. Something that's sure to make altcoin lovers excited. Before I get to that, I should mention that PayPal is working with the three major bitcoin payment processors out there: BitPay, Coinbase, and GoCoin. While BitPay and Coinbase operate strictly with bitcoin only, GoCoin offers support for litecoin and dogecoin in addition to bitcoin. What that means, according to GoCoin CEO Steve....