PayPal Opens Crypto Payments for Millions of Merchants

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today on the Brief:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">BTC micro futures coming to CME</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Michael Jordan is now an NFT investor</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Bitcoin doesn’t care about Treasury yields</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our main discussion: PayPal has begun rolling out its crypto checkout tools to millions of merchants. NLW breaks down:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why payments for day-to-day items have been historically deprioritized for Bitcoin and Ethereum </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why the PayPal checkout tools are unlikely to shift the primary use case from store of value style functions to medium of exchange</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why the liquidity and utility PayPal crypto checkout creates still adds significant value to these crypto assets</span></li> </ul> <div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true">--</div> <div>Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io</div> <div>--</div> <div>Enjoying this content?</div> <div> </div> <div>SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast</div> <div>Apple:  <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb" rev= "en_rl_none">https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb</a></div> <div>Spotify: <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/538vuul1PuorUDwgkC8JWF?si=ddSvD-HST2e_E7wgxcjtfQ" rev= "en_rl_none">https://open.spotify.com/show/538vuul1PuorUDwgkC8JWF?si=ddSvD-HST2e_E7wgxcjtfQ</a></div> <div>Google: <a href= "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9ubHdjcnlwdG8ubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M=" rev= "en_rl_none">https://podcasts.google.com/f