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Crypto has a pal

As far as crypto adopters among fintech giants, PayPal is right up there.

Mastercard and Visa may have been working with the space a little longer, but PayPal has got its hands dirty in blockchain in a very particular way.

First, its move to let US-based users buy bitcoin and three other cryptocurrencies directly from the app in October 2020 was prescient.

While the price of bitcoin had looked strong after the COVID crash earlier in the year — more than doubling from $5,200 to $11,000 by the time of PayPal’s announcement…

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