The USA based online payment firm, PayPal is on its way to offer all possible blockchain and crypto products in the short term and long term. Richard Nash, the company’s Vice President said at the World Economic Forum (WEF) that the company is working on a number of broad-based blockchain-related amalgamations.
PayPal is planning to offer more than its current digital currency services and is exploring ways by which it can provide services for most of the digital currencies along with Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) on its platform.
Right now, PayPal has been permitting its consumers in the United States and Great Britain to buy, sell and hold Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), and Bitcoin Cash (BCH). However, PayPal is planning to expand this list.
Just recently, in order to adapt to crypto and offer more services seamlessly Paypal formed an Advisory Council which will deal with all crypto related decisions.
“Just walking slowly in the crypto shield with buys or holds in certain jurisdictions. […] Looking to work with others to embrace everything we can, whether it’d be the coins that we have today in PayPal digital wallets, private digital currencies or CBDCs in the future,” Nash stated.
Nash added that becoming a well-known player in the crypto sector shows that he not only believes in the long-term potential of digital assets, but also in their short-term capabilities.
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When asked about his crypto assets, Nash said that the job he has at PayPal and what is expected of him per the deliverables cannot certainly keep him away from experiencing crypto directly.
“I have a lot of things that I’m working on at PayPal and I like to experience services myself so I think that’s natural,” he responded.
While firms are frequently required to reveal their business goals, PayPal seems to still be understanding or perfecting the long-term push that will give it a really good head start in the space.