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PayPal Launches "Checkout with Crypto"
Enables PayPal customers in the U.S. to checkout with cryptocurrency alongside other payment methods in the PayPal wallet Significantly increases
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[{"type":"text","content":"Enables PayPal customers in the U.S. to checkout with cryptocurrency alongside other payment methods in the PayPal wallet\n Significantly increases cryptocurrency utility, available at checkout with millions of businesses\n\n\nSAN JOSE, Calif., March 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced the launch of Checkout with Crypto, a new feature which significantly expands the utility of cryptocurrency. Available at millions of global online businesses and continuing to expand over the coming months, PayPal customers with cryptocurrency holdings in the U.S. will be able to choose to check out with crypto seamlessly within PayPal at checkout. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nBuilding on the ability to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency with PayPal, customers using Checkout with Crypto can check out safely and easily, converting cryptocurrency holdings to fiat currency1 at checkout, with certainty of value and no additional transaction fees. Checkout with Crypto will automatically appear in the PayPal wallet at checkout for customers with sufficient cryptocurrency balance to cover an eligible purchase. \n\"As the use of digital payments and digital currencies accelerates, the introduction of Checkout with Crypto continues our focus on driving mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies, while continuing to offer PayPal customers choice and flexibility in the ways they can pay using the PayPal wallet,\" said Dan Schulman, president and CEO, PayPal. \"Enabling cryptocurrencies to make purchases at businesses around the world is the next chapter in driving the ubiquity and mass acceptance of digital currencies.\"\nWith Checkout with Crypto, cryptocurrency is another way for customers to pay and businesses to get paid, adding enhanced utility for cryptocurrency holders.\nIntroducing a New Way for Businesses to Get PaidCheckout with Crypto offers a business's customers a way to checkout with cryptocurrency, without any additional integrations or fees required by the business. All transactions are settled in USD and converted to the applicable currency for the business at the standard PayPal conversion rates. Checkout with Crypto offers customers the ability to sell cryptocurrency through PayPal to then pay a business for select online purchases in one seamless checkout flow.\nCheckout with Crypto continues PayPal's ...