{"id":483923,"date":"2025-09-03T15:52:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/03\/paypal-just-enabled-crypto-for-650m-users-heres-what-that-actually-means\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T15:52:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:52:42","slug":"paypal-just-enabled-crypto-for-650m-users-heres-what-that-actually-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/03\/paypal-just-enabled-crypto-for-650m-users-heres-what-that-actually-means\/","title":{"rendered":"PayPal just enabled crypto for 650M users: Here\u2019s what that actually means"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS9zdG9yYWdlL3VwbG9hZHMvdmlldy8xMWU3M2FiZDhlY2I5YmM2OWY0Njc1ZDFiZjBhODJiYi5qcGc=.jpg\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/>\n                    <\/p>\n<p>PayPal now supports crypto payments with 100+ coins and PYUSD. Here\u2019s how it works for users and merchants in 2025.<\/p>\n\n<p data-ct-widget=\"explained-block-content\">\n<\/p><p><em>Pay with Crypto is PayPal\u2019s blockchain-based settlement feature for US merchants. It allows payments in over 100 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/bitcoin-price\">BTC<\/a>), Ether (<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/ethereum-price\">ETH<\/a>), Solana (<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/solana-price-index\">SOL<\/a>), USDC (<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/usdc-price-index\">USDC<\/a>), Tether\u2019s USDt (<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/tether-price-index\">USDT<\/a>), XRP (<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/xrp-price-index\">XRP<\/a>), BNB (<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/binance-coin-price-index\">BNB<\/a>) and others.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Consumers can pay in crypto, while merchants receive either US dollars or PayPal USD (<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/paypal-pyusd-price-index\">PYUSD<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/paypal-pyusd-stablecoin-1-billion-market-cap\">PayPal\u2019s dollar-pegged stablecoin<\/a>. The automatic crypto-to-fiat conversion on PayPal ensures no <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/volatility-the-necessary-evil-of-cryptocurrency-and-how-to-handle-it\">exposure to price volatility<\/a>, thereby offering a familiar settlement process akin to a traditional payout.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/explained\/paypal-just-enabled-crypto-for-650m-users-heres-what-that-actually-means\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PayPal now supports crypto payments with 100+ coins and PYUSD. Here\u2019s how it works for users and merchants in 2025. Pay with Crypto is PayPal\u2019s blockchain-based settlement feature for US merchants. It allows payments in over 100 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Solana (SOL), USDC (USDC), Tether\u2019s USDt (USDT), XRP (XRP), BNB (BNB) and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":483924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-483923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}