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PayPal to Allow Cryptocy Buying, Holding & Selling For U.S. Merchants

PayPal Holdings announced on Wednesday it is enabling U.S. merchants to buy, hold and sell cryptocy from their business accounts.
Cryptocy has moved from being a nascent asset class towards greater market acceptance after bitcoin exchange traded funds were approved for listing by the U.S. SEC earlier in the year.
“Business owners have increasingly expressed a desire for the same cryptocy capabilities available to consumers,” said Jose Fernandez da Ponte, Senior Vice President of Blockchain, Cryptocy, and Digital Currencies at PayPal.  The company joined the cryptocy market in 2020, allowing customers to buy, sell and hold bitcoin and other virtual coins using the digital payments company’s online wallets.
The company became the first major financial technology firm to embrace digital currencies for payments and transfers when it launched its dollar-backed stablecoin in August 2023. Stablecoins are crypto tokens whose monetary value is pegged to a stable asset to protect potential investors from wild swings in prices.
San Jose, California-based PayPal is also enabling U.S. merchants to transfer cryptocy on chain externally to third party eligible wallets. However, the services would not be available for business accounts in New York State at launch, the company said on its website.
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