PayPal will let US users pay with Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin starting today form 31 March 2021
PayPal is getting friendly with digital currency.
The online payments firm says it will allow U.S. consumers to use their cryptocurrency holdings to pay millions of its online merchants globally. Customers who hold bitcoin, ether, bitcoin cash and litecoin in PayPal digital wallets can soon convert their holdings into fiat currencies and make purchases. Ahead of the formal announcement, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman told Reuters that this is the first time you can seamlessly use cryptocurrencies in the same way as a credit card or a debit card inside your PayPal wallet. There will be no transaction fee to check out with crypto and only one type of coin can be used for each purchase. The service will be rolling in the next couple months.
The Louvre museum has made its entire collection available to view online. Nearly half a million items from its collection are online for the public to visit at no charge. This comes after pandemic-related shutdowns and a surge of visits to its main website. As part of its major online revamp the museum has also created an online database of 482,000 items. The focus is on website accessibility and immersing viewers online. It’s a step that has been in preparation for several years with the aim of serving the general public as well as researchers.
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