Kalshi Experiences Significant Point of Failure During Super Bowl

Kalshi’s payment infrastructure became a significant point of failure tonight under what can only be an obscene amount of traffic. Kalshi spent months running a very aggressive acquisition campaign and onboarded PayPal and Venmo last week to prepare for the demand.

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PayPal-backed ecommerce firm Mintoak acquires Indian CBDC startup for $3.5m

PayPal and HDFC Bank-backed Mintoak has acquired Digiledge in a $3.5 million deal, marking the first acquisition in India’s central bank digital currency space. Mintoak, an Indian ecommerce startup that facilitates merchant payments, has acquired Digiledge in a deal worth…

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Paxos to expand Euro presence through acquisition of Membrane Finance

Paxos is looking to expand its presence in the European Union through a new deal for Finland-licensed e-money platform Membrane Finance. Paxos, which issues stablecoins such as Pax Dollar, PayPal USD (PYUSD), and Pax Gold (PAXG), disclosed the potential deal…

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PayPal announces plans to acquire Curv, a crypto security firm

PayPal is gearing up to purchase Curv, a Tel Aviv-based provider of cloud-based infrastructure for digital asset security. The payments giant unveiled this news through a press release on March 8, noting that it seeks to expand its efforts to support cryptocurrencies and digital currencies through this acquisition.

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PayPal Confirms Acquisition of Crypto Security Company Curv

American payments giant PayPal has confirmed the acquisition of cryptocurrency custody security startup Curv. The digital payments firm has been rumored to be in talks with the Israeli startup for weeks now.

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PayPal purchases digital asset security firm Curv

The platform said it plans to complete the acquisition before the third quarter of 2021.

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Paypal Acquiring Crypto Security Firm Curv to Expand Digital Asset Initiatives

Payments giant Paypal has announced that it is acquiring Tel Aviv-based crypto security infrastructure provider Curv. According to Paypal, this acquisition will help the company “expand its initiatives to support cryptocurrencies and digital assets.

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PayPal Confirms Curv Acquisition

PayPal is set to acquire cryptocurrency startup Curv in the first half of this year

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Ripple Helps Move 111 Mln XRP, PayPal?s Potential Acquisition Target BitGo Involved

Ripple giant has moved another gargantuan XRP amount together with one of its ODL platforms and the custodial service BitGo which PayPal considers for purchasing

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Why an analyst thinks Thorchain (RUNE) will benefit from a PayPal BitGo acquisition

The biggest crypto news event of the last day is the report from Bloomberg that PayPal is looking into acquiring BitGo, one of the industry’s leading digital asset custodians. The post Why an analyst thinks Thorchain (RUNE) will benefit from a PayPal BitGo acquisition appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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PayPal begins acquisition hunt – starting with BitGo

Just days after making an announcement that made waves in the crypto space, rumours...

The post PayPal begins acquisition hunt – starting with BitGo appeared first on Coin Journal.

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PayPal Expands With $4 Billion Honey Acquisition

PayPal has finalized the purchase of the Honey deal finder startup, for a consideration of $4 billion. This latest move pushes the payment processor well ahead of crypto-friendly payment rival, Square.

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PayPal Announces Acquisition of Honey Science Corporation

Coinspeaker PayPal Announces Acquisition of Honey Science CorporationPayPal has announced that they reached an agreement for acquiring Honey, the money-saving browser extension and app.

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PayPal Entering China Market by Local Acquisition

Coinspeaker PayPal Entering China Market by Local AcquisitionPayPal is buying a 70% equity state in Chinese GoPay. According to PayPal, the transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2019 and is subject to customary closing conditions.PayPal Entering China Market by Local Acquisition

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Former PayPal Executive Joins Crypto.com to Drive Growth

Crypto. com, one of the leading payments and cryptocurrency platforms announced on Dec. 11th that it has hired Tyson Hackwood, a former key executive for PayPal and Braintree as the SVP, Head of Global Merchant Acquisition.

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Did PayPal Purchase Hyperwallet Using Ripple XRP?

PayPal has agreed to enter a $400 million deal to acquire fintech company Hyperwallet Systems Inc. But did the online payment processing company pay for the acquisition using cash or the cryptocurrency Ripple (XRP)? Since its inception in 2000, Hyperwallet has grown to such a size that it is now able to disburse payments to more than 200 countries in a number of ways.

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