{"id":47627,"date":"2025-09-15T16:01:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T16:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=47627"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:01:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T16:01:54","slug":"paypal-adding-crypto-to-peer-to-peer-payments-allowing-direct-transfer-of-btc-eth-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=47627","title":{"rendered":"PayPal Adding Crypto to Peer-to-Peer Payments, Allowing Direct Transfer of BTC, ETH, Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Payments firm PayPal (PYPL) said it is expanding its peer-to-peer service by adding cryptocurrency transfers to its payment flow, the company announced on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Users in the U.S. will soon be able to send bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), PayPal&#8217;s dollar stablecoin PYUSD and other digital assets across PayPal, Venmo and an increasing number of crypto-compatible wallets worldwide, the firm said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.paypal-corp.com\/2025-09-15-PayPal-Ushers-in-a-New-Era-of-Peer-to-Peer-Payments,-Reimagining-How-Money-Moves-to-Anyone,-Anywhere\">Monday press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The integration arrives alongside &#8220;PayPal links,&#8221; a new tool that lets users generate a one-time personalized link to send or request money. The links can be dropped into text messages, chats or email, embedding payments into everyday conversations.<\/p>\n<p>Personal transfers between friends and family will remain exempt from IRS 1099-K tax reporting requirements, meaning gifts, reimbursements and shared expenses won\u2019t generate tax forms even if crypto is involved in the transaction, the firm said.<\/p>\n<p>The company said the move builds on &#8220;PayPal World,&#8221; its new interoperability initiative aimed at connecting the largest digital wallets and payment systems. Peer-to-peer payments are a key growth driver, with consumer payment volume climbing 10% in the second quarter year-over-year. In July, the firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2025\/07\/28\/paypay-expands-crypto-payments-for-u-s-merchants-to-cut-cross-border-fees\">said<\/a> to expand crypto payments for U.S. merchants as part of its deeper push into global digital currency payments.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2025\/07\/28\/paypay-expands-crypto-payments-for-u-s-merchants-to-cut-cross-border-fees\">PayPal Expands Crypto Payments for U.S. Merchants to Cut Cross-Border Fees<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Payments firm PayPal (PYPL) said it is expanding its peer-to-peer service by adding cryptocurrency transfers to its payment flow, the company announced on Monday. Users in the U.S. will soon be able to send bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), PayPal&#8217;s dollar stablecoin PYUSD and other digital assets across PayPal, Venmo and an increasing number of crypto-compatible [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-47627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}