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“# PayPal to offer crypto payments for merchants, limited trading on Venmo ” After a limited buy/sell/hold crypto trading launch that “exceeded expectations,” PayPal CEO Dan Schulman said on the company’s Q4 earnings call today that the payments giant is ready to double down on cryptocurrencies. “We also saw an exceptional response from our crypto launch,”…
“#Max Levchin’s Affirm surges in Nasdaq debut” Shares of lending startup Affirm Holdings, founded by PayPal’s co-founder Max Levchin, soared in their debut on Wednesday, giving the company a market capitalization of over $22 billion. Affirm’s shares opened at $90.90 on the Nasdaq, 85.5 percent higher than their upwardly revised initial public offering (IPO) price…
“# Bullish or bearish? PayPal hosts $242M in crypto trading over 24 hours ” Global payments provider PayPal has doubled its previous crypto volume record, with $242 million worth of digital assets changing hands on the platform during Jan. 11. According to crypto market data aggregator Nomics, yesterday’s trading dwarfed PayPal’s previous volume record of…
“# Social networks and the digital economy: A preview of IMVU’s VCOIN ” When the Securities and Exchange Commission gave its blessing to social media platform IMVU to launch VCOIN, it was a major leap forward for acceptable scope of crypto applications. The implications for what sorts of projects the SEC considers a security are,…
“# US crypto firms invest in tax solutions as IRS updates reporting forms ” United States regulators are continuing to fine-tune their tax reporting requirements for cryptocurrency users. A second draft of Form 1040 from the Internal Revenue Service for the 2020 tax season published online suggests that the agency will now require anyone who was…
“# Top 10 crypto and blockchain stories of 2020 ” The COVID-19 pandemic dominated the news in 2020, affecting myriad sectors — health, economics, social justice, politics and trade, as well as the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry. As country after country locked down to halt the virus’s spread, governments seized upon stimulus payments to preserve…
“# 12 of the biggest enterprise blockchain players of 2020 ” Enterprise blockchain started gaining traction in 2017 shortly after Bitcoin had reached its all-time high of nearly $20,000. Since then, enterprise blockchain has mainly been defined by private blockchain networks used by businesses for things such as supply chain management. The enterprise blockchain space…
“# PayPal crypto partner Paxos closes $142M funding round ” United States-bases stablecoin operator Paxos has raised $142 million in fresh funding from investors including PayPal and Mithril Capital. The stablecoin issuer announced the news on Thursday. U.S. investment firm Declaration Partners, backed by billionaire David M. Rubenstein, led the funding round with other participants…
“# Bitcoin’s 2020 explosion is not the 2017 bubble again ” Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent volatile price corrections might conjure up images of the 2017 crash in your mind, or maybe even the crash caused by COVID-19 back in March of this year. But the fact that Bitcoin has reached $20,000 for the first time in…
“# PayPal stock has surged 17% since enabling Bitcoin purchases ” PayPal’s stock reached record highs on Monday, capping off a strong period of outperformance relative to the Nasdaq and broader U.S. stock market. Since Nov. 12, the technology-focused Nasdaq has gained around 6.5%. The broad S&P 500 Index of large-cap stocks is up 3.5%…