I-PayPal imemezele ukungena kwayo emakethe ye-cryptocurrency ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, ngokusho kwemibiko eminingi. Ngalokho, Amakhasimende we-PayPal azokwazi ukusebenzisa ama-cryptocurrensets ukuthenga kubathengisi abayizigidi ezingama-26 kunethiwekhi yayo ukuqala ekuqaleni kuka-2021, kusho inkampani.
Le nsizakalo entsha yenza iPayPal ibe enye yezinkampani ezinkulu e-US enikeza abathengi ukufinyelela kuma-cryptocurrensets, okungasiza iBitcoin kanye nemali yokuncintisana yokuncintisana ukuba yamukelwe kabanzi njengezindlela zokukhokha ezisebenzisekayo.
Amathokheni okuqala asekelwa azofaka iBitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (Eth) I-Bitcoin Cash (BCH) noLitecoin (LTC), kusho inkampani.
Umkhiqizo omkhulu wezinkokhelo ubambisene I-Paxos ukuhlinzeka ngale nsizakalo futhi ngathola nelayisensi enemibandela ye-idijithali yemali kuMnyango Wezezimali waseNew York State, owaziwa kakhulu njengeBitLicense.
Ngaphezu kokukhokhwa kwe-crypto, Abasebenzisi be-PayPal bazokwazi ukuthenga ama-cryptocurrensets ngqo ngohlelo lokusebenza. Ngakho-ke, i-PayPal izonikezela ngesikhwama se-cryptocurrency, esivumela abasebenzisi ukuthi bathenge, bathengise futhi babambe ama-cryptocurrensets ngezinhlelo zokusebenza ze-PayPal.
Inkampani ezinze eSan Jose, eCalifornia iyathemba ukuthi le nsizakalo izokhuthaza ukusetshenziswa komhlaba jikelele kwemali yamakhompiyutha futhi ilungiselele inethiwekhi yayo ngezimali ezintsha zedijithali ezingathuthukiswa ngamabhange amakhulu namabhizinisi, kusho uMongameli kanye ne-CEO uDan Schulman. Engxoxweni.
“Sisebenzisana namabhange amakhulu futhi sicabanga ngazo zonke izinhlobo zezimali zedijithali nokuthi iPayPal ingabamba iqhaza kanjani,” kusho yena.
Abanikazi be-akhawunti base-US bazokwazi ukuthenga, ukuthengisa nokubamba ama-cryptocurrensets kuzikhwama zabo ze-PayPal emasontweni ambalwa alandelayo, kusho inkampani. I-PayPal ihlela ukwandisa le nsizakalo kwisicelo sayo sokukhokha sontanga iVenmo nakwamanye amazwe ambalwa phakathi nengxenye yokuqala ka-2021.
Ikhono lokukhokha ngama-cryptocurrensets lizotholakala kusukela ekuqaleni konyaka olandelayo, kusho inkampani.
Ezinye izinkampani zendabuko ze-fintech, ezinjengomhlinzeki wezinkokhelo zamaselula i-Square Inc kanye nenkampani yohlelo lokusebenza lokuhweba ngamasheya i-Robinhood Markets Inc, ivumela abasebenzisi ukuthi bathenge futhi bathengise ama-cryptocurrensets, kepha ukwethulwa kwe-PayPal kuyabonakala ngenxa yobukhulu bayo.
I-Bitcoin ifinyelele ezingeni layo eliphakeme kakhulu kusukela ngoJulayi 2019 ezindabeni. Okokugcina, bekukhuphuke u-4.8% kuya ku- $ 12,494, kwaletha ukukhula kwe-cryptocurrency yoqobo futhi enkulu emakethe ngenhla kwama-75% onyakeni.
Abadlali abasemakethe ye-cryptocurrency bathe usayizi wePayPal usho ukuthi isu lizoba lusizo ngamanani entengo ye-bitcoin.
"Umthelela entengweni uzoba muhle," kusho uJoseph Edwards we-Enigma Securities, okuyisikhungo esidayisa imali eLondon. "Akukho ukuqhathanisa maqondana nokuvezwa okungenzeka kube khona phakathi kwenzuzo yokunikezwa kwe-PayPal naleyo yanoma isiphi isicelo esedlule."
I-Bitcoin namanye ama-cryptocurrensets azabalaze ukuzenza njengezindlela zokukhokha isetshenziswa kabanzi yize sekuphele iminyaka engaphezu kweyishumi ikhona. Ukuguquguquka kwama-cryptocurrensets kuyakhanga kubaqageli, kepha kubeka ubungozi kubahwebi nakubathengi. Ukuthengiselana nakho kuhamba kancane futhi kubiza kakhulu kunezinye izinhlelo zokukhokha zendabuko.
I-PayPal ikholelwa ukuthi uhlelo lwayo olusha luzoxazulula lezi zinkinga, njengoba izinkokhelo zizokhokhwa kusetshenziswa imali yendabuko, njengedola laseMelika. Lokhu kusho ukuthi i-PayPal izobhekana nobungozi bokushintshashintsha kwamanani nokuthi abathengisi bazothola izinkokhelo zamathokheni.
Ngalokhu, I-PayPal iphinde yahoxisa kuphrojekthi ye-Facebook yeLibra, njengoba wayengomunye wamalungu okuqala ososeshini weLibra. Le phrojekthi kufanele ekugcineni ivumele abasebenzisi bayo abayizigidigidi ezimbili ukuthi bathenge izimpahla noma bathumele imali kalula njengomyalezo osheshayo. Kepha ubunzima abahlangane nabo nabalawuli abagxeki emhlabeni wonke bahole abanye babalingani bakho ukuthi bacabange kabusha ukusekela kwabo lo msebenzi. Ngakho-ke ngo-Okthoba 2019, i-PayPal inqume ukuzisusa ohlwini lwezinkampani ezisekela le phrojekthi.
Lokhu kuhoxiswa kwe-PayPal kwenza inkampani yaba yilungu lokuqala ukushiya inhlangano ye-Facebook yeLibra.