PayPal to Support Buying and Selling Select Cryptocurrencies
According to PayPal, users will also be able to 'instantly convert their selected cryptocurrency balance to fiat currency,' in order to use the virtual cash to buy real goods from PayPal merchants.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/paypal-to-su ... currencies
I saw this news when it came out, and may have put it in my sig line, but I don't see any threads on it.
This is interesting to me because I do use paypal. While I am not interested in holding bitcoin or any of that as speculative investing, it might be kind of fun to buy something in ethereum coins, and to do so within paypal's infrastructure.
(Second half of Subject line is an allusion to Seinfeld's new book)
Paypal and Crypto - Is this anything?
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Re: Paypal and Crypto - Is this anything?
They have competitors doing it, so they have to keep up.
Re: Paypal and Crypto - Is this anything?
Is that a taxable transaction?
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Re: Paypal and Crypto - Is this anything?
It's no longer fee-free. So is Paypal a wallet where you keep "your" bitcoin, or do they hold it for you (and do things with it until you cash it out)?
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Re: Paypal and Crypto - Is this anything?
ah, I see that. Changed with the new year. https://www.paypal.com/us/smarthelp/art ... toComplete
Good question. I would be surprised if they didn’t mess with it like Blockrock(?) and tlt
So is Paypal a wallet where you keep "your" bitcoin, or do they hold it for you (and do things with it until you cash it out)?
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Re: Paypal and Crypto - Is this anything?
Paypal uses a company called Paxos for crypto stuffs:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ninabambys ... 5178eb422d
"In October, payment giant Paypal launched a cryptocurrency trading service in partnership with Paxos, letting customers buy and spend bitcoin."
And yes any time you buy then sell a crypto it is a taxable event (as my understanding, not financial advice, etc).
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ninabambys ... 5178eb422d
"In October, payment giant Paypal launched a cryptocurrency trading service in partnership with Paxos, letting customers buy and spend bitcoin."
And yes any time you buy then sell a crypto it is a taxable event (as my understanding, not financial advice, etc).