PayPal Shatters Barriers: U.S. Merchants Can Now ’Pay with Crypto’—Legacy Finance Trembles
PayPal just dropped a grenade in traditional payment rails—American businesses can now accept crypto payments with one click. No intermediaries, no banks slowing things down—just digital assets moving at internet speed.
The big pivot
After years of toe-dipping, PayPal's full-throttle crypto integration proves even dinosaurs can evolve. Merchants get instant fiat conversion (because let's face it—nobody's paying taxes in BTC yet).
Wall Street's worst nightmare
This isn't just about convenience—it's a direct assault on credit card processors skimming 3% off every transaction. Suddenly those "merchant solutions" look about as useful as a fax machine.
The fine print cynics love
Of course there's a catch—PayPal still controls the off-ramps. Because what's financial revolution without someone taking their vig?
Helping Businesses Expand Globally
The service provides vendors a window of access to the more than $3 trillion crypto economy and bridges them with more than 650 million crypto users globally. It supports major crypto wallets such as Coinbase, MetaMask, Binance, OKX, Phantom, and Kraken.
According to PayPal CEO Alex Chriss, the feature is designed to help businesses grow faster by reducing the challenges of global expansion. Merchants can receive payments almost instantly, avoid complicated bank processes, and earn 4% interest on PYUSD held within PayPal.
Expand to a $3 Trillion Crypto Market
PayPal also recently launched PayPal World, a platform uniting five of the world’s largest digital wallets. This MOVE enhances how money is sent and received across borders and reflects PayPal’s goal to create inclusive, borderless commerce. The company has also partnered with Fiserv to promote stablecoin use globally.
Chriss added, “These innovations don’t just simplify payments—they drive merchant growth, expand consumer choice, and reduce costs. This is the future of inclusive, borderless commerce, and we’re proud to lead it.”
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