At the end of the afternoon, the price of Bitcoin gained more than 3% to 58,945 dollars, a few cables from its all-time highs. The institutionalization of the most famous cryptocurrency, which is one of the reasons for its strong growth last year, is being confirmed day by day. PayPal Holdings has announced the launch of Checkout with Crypto: its customers holding cryptocurrencies in the United States will be able to choose to pay for their purchases with cryptocurrencies.
“The introduction of Checkout with Crypto is part of our drive to drive the adoption of cryptocurrencies by the general public,” said Dan Schulman, CEO of PayPal.
The new future linked to Bitcoin announced which hours later by the CME will facilitate and democratize its trading. Subject to the green light from the authorities, the future Micro Bitcoin will be available on May 3 and will have a size equal to one tenth of a bitcoin.