PayPal, Square, Others Crucial In Driving Bitcoin 70% Higher in a Month
According to Pantera Capital, one of the biggest funds in the crypto fund, the recent rally has been driven by the influx of retail investors buying Bitcoin. Per their projections, PayPal users alone may soon acquire more Bitcoin than there are being mined. Not only is retail interest in Bitcoin increasing, so is billionaire and celebrity interest in the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin Rally Predicated on Increase in Retail Volume: Pantera Capital Bitcoin has seen a strong […]
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Paypal bought up to 70% of all the newly mined bitcoin since the payments giant started offering cryptocurrency services four weeks ago. Now that’s according to estimates by hedge fund manager Pantera Capital, as revealed in its latest monthly blockchain letter. Together with Square’s Cash App, the two companies are buying more than 100% of all newly issued virgin bitcoin (BTC), it says. The letter said demand for Paypal’s crypto service, which runs on Paxos fiat-to-crypto exchange, Itbit, had hit the roof. The exchange “was doing a fairly constant amount of trading....
Bitcoin underwent a modest recovery this Wednesday after Square, a payment service rival to PayPal, revealed its recent investments into the cryptocurrency.
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Last week, Square made mainstream headlines when it was revealed that the firm had bought Bitcoin — $50 million worth of the cryptocurrency. Square is a financial technology giant valued at around $80 billion, though the $50 million was only approximately 1% of its assets. Square wasn’t the first company to do so. The month […]