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Why Should I use Bitcoin Vs Paypal?

Paypal or Bitcoin? Or Both? The diaspora of arguments touting Bitcoin's superiority over Paypal is endless. There are economic incentives for buyers and sellers, large and small, to use Bitcoin vs Paypal. Simultaneously, there are still infrastructure gaps that may prevent the efficient use of....

PayPal Valued at $52 Billion For Market Return

After more than a decade of being part of eBay Inc. , PayPal will return to the stock market as an individual company. Shares of PayPal (PYPL.O) jumped up 11% in value as people anticipate the company’s return to NASDAQ. With that rise, and adjusting for market stabilization, PayPal is now....

Paypal to Expand Its Crypto Services Offering to the UK

Paypal’s cryptocurrency services are coming to the United Kingdom, as the digital payments giant is now targeting non-U.S. countries. Buy, sell and hold digital asset products could be available for Paypal’s U.K. customers in “a number of months.” Results With the Paypal....

Paypal's Future Use Of Bitcoin Is Closer Than You Think

Earlier today, David Marcus (The current President of Paypal) tweeted: To clarify: we have no policies against using PayPal to sell Bitcoin mining rigs. We don't support any currency txn whether fiat or BTC... ...for a host of regulatory issues. But we treat BTC and any FX txn the same way.....

PayPal vs. Bitcoin: Which is Better?

There's no denying that, when it comes to online payments, PayPal is still king these days. However, bitcoin offers several advantages over this online payment method that could eventually allow the cryptocurrency to establish dominance. Is it really possible? Perhaps one big thing going for....

PayPal Celebrates 15 Years: Plans for "Beaming to Bitcoin"

Yesterday marked the 15 years since the first PayPal transaction on record, October 16, 1999. Before the days of the iPhone, back when we used Palm Pilots, Paypal was known as Confinity. According to Hill Ferguson, the SVP and chief product officer at Paypal, their first business model was a....

PayPal Survey Asks Questions Regarding Bitcoin

In a recent PayPal survey regarding online shopping and payment methods, PayPal asked Reddit user SwiftBoatVet whether or not they used Bitcoin as a method of payment for goods and services. That's when Vet startedtaking screenshots of the questions that PayPal began asking once they said yes.....

Paypal to Allow Cryptocurrency Withdrawals to Third-Party Wallets

Payments giant Paypal will soon allow its users to transfer cryptocurrencies away from its platform to third-party wallets, the company’s head of cryptocurrency reportedly revealed. Paypal has been seeing tremendous growth in its crypto business. Paypal to Support Crypto Transfers to....

Bitcoin Fascinating, Thinking about Integration says PayPal President

David Marcus, PayPal President stated that the company was thinking a lot about bitcoin. David Marcus, president of EBay Inc.'s PayPal unit, talks about mobile payment security and the prospects for virtual currency bitcoin. He speaks to Guy Johnson on Bloomberg Television's show called "The....

PayPal Partners with BitPay, Coinbase, and GoCoin

Once seen as a direct competitor, PayPal has warmed up quite a lot to Bitcoin. Last year, PayPal's president David Marcus stated that his company was "thinking about" bitcoin. Then, just recently, PayPal announced bitcoin integration through one of its smaller projects - Braintree. And today,....

PayPal Supporting Litecoin and Dogecoin, GoCoin CEO Confirms

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....

Bitcoin to Paypal Exchange Against Terms of Acceptable Use Policy

Since September, an increasing number of bitcoin startups and exchange have begun offering bitcoin-to-paypal payment processing services, allowing users to send bitcoin to international paypal accounts with substantially low transaction and conversion fees. Exchanges such as Bitwala, leading....

Paypal Shuts Down in Greece - Bitcoin Still Operates

As if everything to do with money is not bad enough, Greeks no longer have access to their PayPal accounts, reports Quartz. Capital controls imposed by the Greek government mean that Greek citizens can only withdraw 60 euros (effectively 50 euros after ATMs have run out of 20 euro notes) and....

Seafile Drops PayPal After Refusing to Spy On Users

PayPal is one of the most commonly used online payment methods in the world. At the same time, this company can force merchants to monitor user behavior or risk being cut off from the payment network. As a result, the Seafile project decided to drop PayPal due to their invasive requests. Seafile....

PayPal and Bitcoin: Behind the scenes

Let me begin by nailing my colors firmly to the mast. I like PayPal. I know that this puts me in conflict with a lot of Bitcoin users, but there you go. Looking at PayPal and Bitcoin, both have certain advantages, and it would be difficult, if not foolish, to ignore their relative strengths.....

PayPal Limits Voat's Account, Site Now Accepts Donations Only In Bitcoin

Voat™, a media aggregator like Reddit, wants to be the place on the Internet where you can "have your say™". But that might not be possible if PayPal has its way. PayPal informed Voat administrators that their account had been "limited," and their funds frozen. The site, entirely funded by user....