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Bitcoin (BTC) fell on the Wall Street open on Feb. 2 as another tech stock rout panicked traders. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewBitcoin: "Macro FUD is driving all" Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView tracked BTC/USD as it dipped below $38,000 as Wall Street began, giving back half of the
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Shares of PayPal (PYPL) fell more than 16% after the payments giant reported Q4 earnings that just missed analyst estimates and a slowdown in revenue growth.Total revenue rose 13% to $6.9 billion, in line with analysts' estimates, according to FactSet, but significantly slower than the 25% growth recorded in the
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Google has hired a former PayPal executive to help bolster Google Pay, with plans to expand into the crypto space. Arnold Goldberg has been given the task of running Google’s payments division as part of a company-wide push into financial services, including crypto. Google’s president of commerce Bill Ready told
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Goldberg’s hire is part of a broader strategy for the company to incorporate a wider range of financial services, including cryptocurrencies, Google’s president of commerce Bill Ready told Bloomberg. Google has historically avoided offering crypto as part of its financial services. Original Source
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Crypto tax compliance firm TaxBit is working to unite major industry companies like Coinbase and Binance.US within one network to enable free 2021 tax forms for users.The crypto tax software provider on Tuesday launched the TaxBit Network, a certified network aiming to democratize crypto tax calculations and tax forms by
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American fintech giant PayPal Holdings has reportedly confirmed its intent to launch its own stablecoin named PayPal Coin. The development of an in-house stablecoin was first discovered in the source code of Paypal’s iPhone app by developer Steve Moser.Confirming the evidence found on the PayPal app, Jose Fernandez da Ponte,
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PayPal (PYPL) is looking into launching its own stablecoin as the company grows its crypto business, a company spokesman confirmed to CoinDesk on Friday. Sources told CoinDesk in September that PayPal subsidiary Curv was actively working on developing a stablecoin.“We are exploring a stablecoin; if and when we seek to
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The Bitcoin network already processes more volume by dollar value than Paypal and the largest decentralized cryptocurrency network in the world by market cap could outstrip Mastercard by as early as 2026.A Nov. 25 report from market intelligence platform Blockdata titled When might the Bitcoin network process volumes like Mastercard
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Despite the positive sentiment, Scott Ellison, the senior director of corporate strategy, was quick to manage expectations and reaffirmed the company was still tentatively assessing the crypto industry. “We’re proceeding gradually, supporting bitcoin in some ways today and holding off on other ways until we see how things develop,” he
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Bitcoin (BTC) trading volumes on global payment service provider PayPal reached $145.60 million on Oct. 20, just as the benchmark crypto rallied toward its record high near $67,000.The latest spike in volumes came out to be the highest since the May 19 Bitcoin price crash from around $43,500 to as
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