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PayPal to let U.S. merchants accept payment in more than 100 cryptocurrenciesPayPal will charge merchants a promotional fee of 0.99% on transactions for the first year and then up the charge to 1.5%.To settle the transactions, PayPal will let users connect existing crypto wallets they own to a checkout page. Depending on a buyer’s crypto wallet, PayPal will sell the cryptocurrency on a centralized exchange like Coinbase or a decentralized exchange like Uniswap. The proceeds of that sale will be converted into PayPal’s own stablecoin, which will then be converted into U.S. dollars sent back to the merchant.https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/07/28/paypal-100-cryptocurrencies-accept-merchants-bitcoin-ethereum/

Сrypto-related press conference highlights:▫️The U.S. is emerging from four years of regulatory crackdowns on crypto companies, shifting focus toward preserving innovation domestically and developing a clear regulatory framework. ▫️Officials have largely avoided mentioning Bitcoin, instead concentrating on stablecoins and government-led initiatives. ▫️David Sacks stated that integrating BTC into government reserves is under consideration and remains a top priority for the administration. However, the concept of a sovereign wealth fund remains a separate issue.https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/02/04/bitcoin-extends-losses-to-below-usd97k-following-david-sacks-press-conference

In the past 24 hours, long positions worth ~$490.83M liquidatedhttps://www.coinglass.com/LiquidationData

Tether plans to bring its token USDT onto the Bitcoin base layer and Layer 2 protocol Lightning Network.The integration is supported by Taproot Assets, a network that enables interoperability between stablecoins and other assets on the Bitcoin network.https://www.theblock.co/post/338109/tethers-usdt-stablecoin-returns-to-bitcoin-with-lightning-labs-partnership

Trump Media and Technology Group Corp. (“TMTG”), operator of the social media platform Truth Social and the video streaming platform Truth+, is announcing that the company’s board of directors has approved a financial services and financial technology strategy, which will include the launch of the financial services and FinTech brand Truth.Fi.The board has approved the investment of up to $250 million to be custodied by Charles Schwab.https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/01/29/3017197/0/en/Trump-Media-Announces-Expansion-into-Financial-Services.html

The co-founder of French crypto unicorn Ledger and his wife have been rescued after an outlandish Parisian kidnapping attempt resulted in 10 arrests.Almost all of the cryptocurrency used to pay part of the ransom has been traced, frozen, and seized.The Parisian prosecutor said 10 people—nine men and one woman aged between 20 and 40—had been taken into custody relating to the kidnapping.https://fortune.com/europe/2025/01/24/french-military-police-rescue-co-founder-13bn-crypto-startup-ledger-bungled-paris-kidnapping-goes-wrong/

Cathie Wood says she won’t buy the Trump memecoin because it ‘isn’t going to have any utility’She said the firm doesn’t know ‘of much utility for this coin’ and will stick to the big three: Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana.https://fortune.com/2025/01/23/cathie-wood-ark-invest-wont-buy-trump-memecoin-no-utility/