Payment Processor PayPal Launches Crypto Services in Luxembourg

• In 2020, PayPal began offering cryptocurrency support in the United States.
• The firm is dedicated to collaborating closely with Luxembourg’s politicians and authorities.

In what seems to be an effort to spread crypto services throughout the European Union. Financial services major PayPal aims to establish cryptocurrency operations in Luxembourg. Users of PayPal will soon be able to trade Bitcoin and Ethereum, as well as purchase and store digital currencies.

PayPal said in a press statement dated December 7 that they will begin offering cryptocurrency related services in Luxembourg over the following few days. Customers in Luxembourg now have access to a reliable environment in which to discover the cryptocurrency market.

Eyeing the EU Market

According to PayPal’s senior vice president and general manager of blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and digital currencies, “adding Luxembourg is an important step in PayPal’s mission to make digital currencies more accessible.” The firm is dedicated to collaborating closely with Luxembourg’s politicians and authorities. To define the future of digital currencies in international banking and trade.

In addition, the firm will make available FAQs and instructional materials to help consumers get more familiar with the benefits and dangers of cryptocurrency trading. PayPal users in the EU may now use their PayPal balance, connected bank accounts, or EU-issued debit cards to buy, trade, and store Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash for as little as €1.

In 2020, PayPal began offering cryptocurrency support in the United States, and in 2021, it moved into the United Kingdom. The selection of Luxembourg as PayPal’s EU headquarters lays the path for the company to offer crypto services to the other 26 EU nations. Once the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) law goes into force in 2023.

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