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PayPal to start letting US customers pay in Bitcoin at global merchants

A checkout service will be implemented which waives transaction fees for purchases made using crypto, PayPal’s president and CEO confirmed.


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Bitcoin jumps past $59K as PayPal launches crypto payments at 29M merchants

The latest adoption step for Bitcoin and some altcoins will receive official confirmation on Tuesday, PayPal tells Reuters.


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Digital ruble is ‘highest form of money’, Russian Bitcoin critic says

The digital ruble will become an integral part of national settlements by 2023 or 2024, Anatoly Aksakov of the Russian State Duma predicted.


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Google announces upgrades to Maps, including indoor AR directions, a new directions interface including eco-friendly driving routes, and new weather map layers (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Jay Peters / The Verge:Google announces upgrades to Maps, including indoor AR directions, a new directions interface including eco-friendly driving routes, and new weather map layers  —  Indoor AR directions, a new directions interface, and more  —  Google is announcing a bunch of new features planned for Google Maps …


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PayPal says it has started letting US customers use cryptocurrency holdings to pay millions of its online merchants globally (Anna Irrera/Reuters)

Anna Irrera / Reuters:PayPal says it has started letting US customers use cryptocurrency holdings to pay millions of its online merchants globally  —  LONDON (Reuters) – PayPal Holdings Inc will announce later on Tuesday that it has started allowing U.S. consumers to use their cryptocurrency holdings to pay …


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Germany-based Staffbase, which provides a suite of employee engagement tools for companies, raises $145M led by General Atlantic (Dan Taylor/Tech.eu)

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu:Germany-based Staffbase, which provides a suite of employee engagement tools for companies, raises $145M led by General Atlantic  —  Chemnitz-based employee engagement firm Staffbase has received $145 million in a financing round led by growth equity firm General Atlantic.


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GV Gold postpones IPO after gold price falls

GV Gold, the Russian gold miner, has postponed its listing on the Moscow Stock Exchange as a difficult IPO market and falling prices in the precious metal force the company to rethink its plans.


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Sources: shares of ByteDance are trading at a $250B+ valuation in the secondary market; CB Insights said ByteDance’s valuation was $140B in last fundraising (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:Sources: shares of ByteDance are trading at a $250B+ valuation in the secondary market; CB Insights said ByteDance’s valuation was $140B in last fundraising  —  – Startup’s valuation was $140 billion in last fundraising  —  Shares of ByteDance Ltd., the Chinese parent of hit video app TikTok …


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Green Tea restaurant group plans Hong Kong IPO

Green Tea Group, a Chinese restaurant operator, is seeking approval to go public in Hong Kong.


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