What Do Investors Say About PayPal Launching Crypto Services?

Why Is Bitcoin No More An Option?

This is how PayPal is launching the crypto services. What is the benefit to the users of PayPal? We give here a detailed report starting off with why they use Bitcoin. 

Giving crypto investors much to think about is PayPal launching cryptocurrency services. Some point out several areas of concern bitcoin investors should be aware of, while many crypto users view the news as extremely bullish. 

To Support Bitcoin, Every Major Bank Is Having A Meeting About How-To

Triggering much discussion within the crypto industry is the news of PayPal launching a service that will enable customers to buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrencies directly from their PayPal accounts. With the cryptocurrencies in their PayPal accounts, users will also be able to pay for goods and services at 26 million stores that accept PayPal as a form of payment. 

Sending the price of bitcoin above $13,000 the crypto industry has largely viewed the news as extremely bullish. In response to the PayPal news on Wednesday was Virgin Galactic chairman Chamath Palihapitiya: 

Every major bank is having a meeting about how to support bitcoin after PayPal’s news, as it comes no longer optional. 

Permitting banks to provide cryptocurrency services are the regulations in the US. Already confirming that federal banks are allowed to provide cryptocurrency custody services is the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. 

Ryan Selkis, the founder of Messari was seen tweeting that: with 346 million users, 26 million merchants, and the 20th largest bank by deposits, finally PayPal joins the bitcoin space race. It is safe to assume that all remaining BTC will be hoovered up by public companies between them, Square, and Grayscale. Worth about $50 million, recently Square Inc announced that it had put 1% of the company’s total assets into bitcoin. Adding $ 1 billion to its crypto products in Q3, Grayscale Investments has been scooping up bitcoin. 

Vijay Boyapati was a Twitter user of the opinion that allowing users to trade bitcoin, it did not escape PayPal’s notice that Square was making a very large fraction of its profit. Figuring this out soon are more and more financial institutions and payment processors. Getting bigger quickly is the fiat on-ramps.  

Users Cannot Transfer Crypto Out Of PayPal

Concerned about PayPal’s policy to disallow users from transferring cryptocurrencies in or out of its platform are some people. Further detailing the company states: 

You can only hold those cryptocurrencies that you buy on PayPal in your account currently. The crypto in your account additionally cannot be transferred to other accounts on or off PayPal. It will not be provided with a private key even if you own the crypto you buy on PayPal. 

Writing about it, the Twitter handle “Plan B” known for the stock-to-flow bitcoin price prediction was stating that as the crypto in the account comes not to be transferred to other accounts thereby coming on or off PayPal, has this coming to be a big PayPal nothing burger as it is where it is just entries in a central PayPal database with nothing to do with bitcoin. 

Cautioning the lawyer Jake Chervinsky was saying that ignoring the fact that they prohibit transfers to other accounts and withdrawals to self-custody, he understands the temptation to just be excited about PayPal.

Is it even bitcoin if you can’t hold your own keys? In the name of number go up, how much will we sacrifice? 

It was found to be stating that the Twitter user Hope Freiheit was thereby not impressed by the announcement where it is just a closed platform for speculation likely with the users getting charged an arm and leg with fees as they won even allow users to withdraw the bitcoin they buy. Here bitcoin doesn’t need PayPal. 

Spending Crypto Is A Taxable Event

Questioning the tax implications of spending cryptocurrencies from their PayPal accounts are some people. Treated as property per IRS rules are cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. There’s a taxable event as this means every time you sell, exchange, or dispose of cryptocurrency to buy something according to Shehan Chandrasekera of Cointracker. He was explaining that PayPal stated the users that they will be able to instantly convert their selected cryptocurrency balance to fiat currency with the certainty of value and no incremental fees. 

It means here that every time they buy a good or service from a merchant, PayPal thereby automatically converts the cryptocurrency to fiat triggering a taxable obligation for the consumer.