PayPal Co-founder Peter Thiel Admits He Underinvested In Bitcoin

Billionaire entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel said he should have bought more Bitcoin. During an interview hosted by the Lincoln Network in Miami on Wednesday, he spoke about cryptocurrencies, central banks, and Artificial Intelligence.

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PayPal Is Reportedly Exploring Issuing A Stablecoin

Last fall, the world’s largest payments processor PayPal partnered with Paxos to allow users to buy, hold and sell bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, and bitcoin cash — and the demand for its crypto service has so far exceeded the company’s expectations.

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Bitcoin Gets Big Boost As PayPal Announces Cryptocurrency Checkout Service

Payments giant PayPal has launched the ability to use bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as payment methods.

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PayPal Rolls Out Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash Payments

Some 26 million merchants that have integrated PayPal will now be able to accept some of the four most prominent cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin and BCH. “As the use...

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Bitcoin Nears $60,000 After PayPal Announces Crypto Checkout Service

Bitcoin prices rallied in the early London session after Reuters reported that PayPal would launch its crypto checkout services later on Tuesday. The payment giant, which started offering bitcoin custodial and trading services in October last year, will now allow US customers to use their cryptocurrency holdings to pay to PayPal’s millions of merchants worldwide. […]

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Bitcoin to Add $1 Billion in Revenue to PayPal Says Analyst

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Antonopoulos Slams PayPal Bitcoin Saying it Isn’t Real Bitcoin

Cryptocurrency advocate Andreas Antonopoulos speaks out against PayPal, claiming Bitcoin bought on the payments platform isn’t real Bitcoin. ICYMI The headlines say, "Bitcoin is now available on PayPal!" But is it? Here’s why PayPal #bitcoin isn’t bitcoin: https://t.

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What PayPal Allowing Crypto Usage On Over 28 Million Merchants Could Do For Bitcoin By 2021

Payment processing giant PayPal made its way into the crypto-industry after an announcement to support dominant digital currencies like Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), and Litecoin (LTC).

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PayPal and Square responsible for Bitcoin’s soaring price

Recent activities by PayPal and Square have been the major catalysts for Bitcoin’s price… The post PayPal and Square responsible for Bitcoin’s soaring price appeared first on Coin Journal.

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PayPal Buying up Bitcoin, Causing Scarcity: Pantera

According to investment firm Pantera Capital, the rocketing of Bitcoin’s price is due to PayPal. But it is not just the option to purchase Bitcoin on PayPal that is fueling the price. Bears Bewares The last week saw Bitcoin grow 14% in valuation and beyond.

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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.

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Palling Up To Crypto: Could PayPal’s Bitcoin Accommodation Lead To Widespread Adoption?

The introduction of bitcoin purchases to PayPal’s 346 million global users is the biggest step toward mainstream crypto adoption ever. The post Palling Up To Crypto: Could PayPal’s Bitcoin Accommodation Lead To Widespread Adoption? appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

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Here's why PayPal is only supporting Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ether, and Bitcoin Cash

Paxos, PayPal’s liquidity provider, has seen its trading volume move up quite considerably over the past few weeks after crypto-trading went live on the platform to great acclaim. [embed]https://The post Here's why PayPal is only supporting Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ether, and Bitcoin Cash appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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PayPal Brings Users To Bitcoin, But Not The Bitcoin Network

The news that PayPal is giving more than 300 million users access to bitcoin is bullish. But it’s not empowering them to truly control their funds. The post PayPal Brings Users To Bitcoin, But Not The Bitcoin Network appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

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PayPal Didn’t Shoot Bitcoin Above $13,000, Analyst Explains Why

On Wednesday, Bitcoin logged a supersonic bull run, hitting $13,000 for the first time in 15 months. The rally started after PayPal announced its foray into the cryptocurrency sector, leading analysts to believe that the $138 billion global payments firm drove the latest Bitcoin adoption.

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Bitcoin Reaches New Yearly High of $12,490 on PayPal News

Bitcoin is up nearly five percent over the last four hours, with PayPal becoming a powerful catalyst for its rally

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PayPal to Allow Buying and Selling Bitcoin and Ethereum, Connecting to 26 Million Merchants

PayPal is integrating the purchasing and selling of bitcoin in the coming weeks, as well as ethereum, bitcoin cash and litecoin. This options will be available in USA to begin...

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Easily Spend Your Bitcoin via Prepaid Debit Card or a PayPal Account with Bitcoin of America’s Easy to Use Trading Platform

Bitcoin of America offers a number of convenient ways to transfer your bitcoin or litecoin to commonly used USD payment gateways like prepaid debit cards or a PayPal account. Read the guides below to find the method that’s best for you.

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PayPal CEO Holds Bitcoin and Only Bitcoin

CEO of payment processor PayPal revealed during an interview that the only cryptocurrency he owns is Bitcoin

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Paypal CEO Admits He Owns Bitcoin

The CEO of Paypal, Daniel Schulman, has revealed in an interview that he personally owns bitcoin. He also talked about Paypal’s plans regarding cryptocurrency, how to achieve mass adoption, and why Paypal decided to leave Facebook’s Libra project.

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PayPal CEO Slams Bitcoin as Top Crypto Investor Says It Will Go to Zero

Bitcoin doesn’t qualify as a currency, PayPal CEO stated today in an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box. Rather, it’s a reward mechanism for implementing blockchain, Dan Schulman believes.

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Bitcoin Transaction Value Flies Past PayPal

‘Bitcoin is dying’ say the haters. Well actually, it’s not. As a matter of fact, data now suggests that Bitcoin transaction value has finally surpassed that of PayPal’s, closing in on Visa. Let’s face it though, as a world leading transaction facilitator, Visa will take some beating.

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Bitcoin Transaction Volume Tops PayPal, Creeps Up on Visa

To many, Bitcoin’s shot at “real-world” utility is defined by the yardstick of Visa’s transactional throughput; yet, the original cryptocurrency now purportedly handles more annual transacted value than PayPal—and appears to be gaining on Visa, fast.

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The Daily: Crypto Exchange Rents Pricey HK Offices, UAE Realtor Sells Homes for Crypto

Crypto trading platform Bitmex has reportedly rented some of the world’s most expensive offices, in a Hong Kong skyscraper. Also in Bitcoin in Brief today, UAE-based realtor wants to add cryptocurrencies to the payment options offered to its customers.

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Платежное приложение Square Cash, поддерживающее Bitcoin, стало популярнее Venmo от PayPal

Данные исследовательских фирм Appor Tower и Nomura Instinet показали, что кумулятивные загрузки приложения Square Cash превысили показатели своего конкурента Venmo, об этом сообщает CNBC. Сообщение Платежное приложение Square Cash, поддерживающее Bitcoin, стало популярнее Venmo от PayPal появились сначала на Freedman.

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Bitcoin’s Volatility Renders it Useless as a Payment Method, Says Former PayPal CEO

Bill Harris has made clear his view on cryptos several times. The former PayPal CEO has in the past described Bitcoin as the ‘greatest scam in history’ and a massive ‘pump and dump scheme.’ Harris recently reiterated his stand, further claiming that all the praise that Bitcoin has been receiving as an efficient payment method […]

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Ex-PayPal CEO Calls Bitcoin a Useless Payment Mechanism

Bill Harris, former PayPal CEO and founder of Personal Capital Corporation, believes that Bitcoin is a large cult. In CNBC’s “Fast Money” Segment on Tuesday, August 14, Harris explained that Bitcoin supporters make many claims of its benefits, including free transactions, scalability, efficiency, greater security, global acceptance, and usefulness.

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Has PayPal Failed At What Bitcoin Has Achieved?

According to reports out this week, PayPal is under criticism for its alleged failure in actually having an impact in the transformation of money usage worldwide. It seems that on the flipside, what PayPal aimed to achieve, Bitcoin thus far as done better, without really trying.

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Forget Satoshi, Bitcoin is Fulfilling PayPal’s Original Vision

PayPal has come in for fresh criticism as commentators renew claims the company has all but failed in its mission to transform money usage. PayPal Slips Up In Turkey In an interview with the Wall Street Journal earlier this year, CFO John Rainey had admitted Bitcoin and cryptocurrency could become “as popular as payments” in future.

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Основатель PayPal назвал bitcoin бесполезным платежным инструментом

Основатель и бывший CEO PayPal Билл Харрис заявил, что bitcoin — бесполезное и неэффективное платежное средство. По его прогнозу курс первой криптовалюты продолжит снижаться до тех пор, пока не достигнет нуля.

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Экс-глава PayPal: как средство платежа биткоин бесполезен

Бывший генеральный директор PayPal Билл Харрис полагает, что биткоин не может использоваться как средство платежа, и первую криптовалюту ждёт падение к значениям, близким к нулю. «Культ биткоина утверждает — btc мгновенен, свободен, масштабируем, эффективен, безопасен, глобально принят и полезен — он не соответствует ни одной из этих характеристик».

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The Future or a Cult? Clashing Opinions on Cryptocurrency in Mainstream Media

Polarizing opinions have flooded mainstream media surrounding cryptocurrencies recently, highlighted by Penn Financial Group founder Matt McCall encouraging investors to buy the dip on CNN and former PayPal CEO Bill Harris calling cryptocurrency a cult on CNBC’s Fast Money.

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AMA With Origin Team Reveals Plans for Decentralized Sharing Economy

Matt Liu, Josh Fraser and former PayPal head Yu Pan want to bring the blockchain to the sharing economy. The trio is devising a platform with an emphasis on inclusive, peer-to-peer service hubs designed to decentralize the same consumer cost-friendly business models that have made companies like Airbnb, Uber and Lyft so popular in recent years.

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Экс-директор PayPal считает биткойн «бесполезным культом»

Бывший генеральный директор PayPal, Билл Харрис, заявил в Fast Money CNBC, что криптовалюта биткойн - бесполезный культ. Сообщение Экс-директор PayPal считает биткойн «бесполезным культом» появились сначала на Freedman.

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Ex-Paypal CEO Labels Cryptocurrency ‘A Cult’ That’s ‘Headed Straight to Zero’

Today, PayPal CEO Bill Harris debuted on CNBC’s Fast Money where he provided a no holds barred lambast of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin is a “Cult” The world hasn’t heard much from Bill Harris since April 24th, when his inflammatory claims of Bitcoin being “the greatest scam in history” and “a colossal pump-and-dump scheme, the likes of which the world has never seen.

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Former PayPal CEO Bill Harris Battles Crypto Champion Brian Kelly Over Bitcoin

Bill Harris, the former CEO of PayPal is probably most famous for referring to Bitcoin as the greatest scam of all time. Brian Kelly on the other hand is a crypto entrepreneur, famous for his bullish optimism and his role as a crypto hedge fund manager.

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Is Bitcoin A “Cult”? A Former Paypal CEO Seems To Think So

From the belief that Satoshi is Craig Wright, to some considering that Bitcoin is going zero, this nascent industry has had its fair share of unpopular and contrasting opinions. A former Paypal CEO’s appearance on CNBC has only cemented this theme, with this legacy market proponent likening crypto to a cult.

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PR: XcelTrip Accepts Major Crypto Currencies on Its Revolutionary Online Travel Portal

XcelTrip, is poised to disrupt the online travel industry with launching of its online travel platform XcelTrip. com, from 1 Aug 2018. where user can use major crypto currencies to book their hotel and stay.

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Yes, Stablecoins Can Secure Official Audits from Major Firms

“We have nothing to hide,” says Tory Reiss, VP of corporate development at TrustToken. Like the market’s most popular stablecoin, Tether, TrustToken's TrueUSD is fiat-collateralized.

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Bitcoin Optech Proclaims steps to check BTC Scalability Issue

A team of Bitcoin (BTC) engineers has announced the launch of the Bitcoin Operations Technology Group (Bitcoin Optech) addressing the problem of Bitcoin’s scalability, according to their statement published July 20.

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Peter Thiel, Bitmain Co-Founder Invest in EOS Developer Block.one

In a fresh round of funding, Block.one has added to its line-up of major investors PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel and bitcoin mining giant Bitmain.

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Square Cash App Records Higher Downloads Amidst Bitcoin Price Decline

Even in the midst of increasing competition and declining Bitcoin price, Square Cash app continues to post impressive download figures. The payment platform is set to overtake PayPal’s Venmo based on the total number of downloads.

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Square Cash App Records Higher Downloads Amidst Bitcoin Price Decline

Even in the midst of increasing competition and declining Bitcoin price, Square Cash app continues to post impressive download figures. The payment platform is set to overtake PayPal’s Venmo based on the total number of downloads.

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Square Crypto Trading App Beats PayPal’s Venmo With 3x Growth

Square Cash, a cryptocurrency-enabled trading app, is growing three times faster than PayPal’s fiat-based Venmo, trading giant Nomura has revealed. ‘More Than Just A Bitcoin Play’ The company’s Square Cash app, which added cryptocurrency functionality in January, has defied Bitcoin price trends ever since, growing its user base despite overall Bitcoin market activity decreasing.

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PayPal купил Hyperwallet за Ripple XRP?

PayPal согласилась заключить сделку стоимостью 400 миллионов долларов на приобретение компании Fintech Hyperwallet Systems Inc. Но заплатила ли компания по обработке платежей за приобретение с использованием наличных средств или с помощью криптовалюты Ripple (XRP)? Сообщение PayPal купил Hyperwallet за Ripple XRP? появились сначала на Freedman.

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Bitcoin and PayPal Shake Bank Stocks, According to Jim Cramer

Days after the Federal Reserve’s major announcement that it would hike short-term interest rates four times instead of three in 2018, bank stocks have failed to improve as expected. Jim Cramer shared his take on the matter, outlining the rising popularity of Bitcoin and other blockchain-based technologies as one of the possible reasons.

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Op Ed: Venmo Offers the Ultimate Cryptocurrency Experience

Venmo could be the ultimate cryptocurrency experience from a user-experience perspective. Any cryptocurrency that seeks to power the future of global transactions must ensure that it is supported by a payment system that is simple, user-friendly and free — like Venmo.

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