{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-post-js","path":"/paypal-launches-crypto-service/","result":{"data":{"ghostPost":{"id":"Ghost__Post__612373a36e4273003be1e254","title":"PayPal launches crypto service","slug":"paypal-launches-crypto-service","featured":false,"feature_image":"https://multiply.ghost.io/content/images/2021/08/Header-image-2.png","excerpt":"Plus: Lorry drivers wanted, Covid travel test providers warned, and queues on a mountain.","custom_excerpt":"Plus: Lorry drivers wanted, Covid travel test providers warned, and queues on a mountain.","created_at_pretty":"23 August, 2021","published_at_pretty":"23 August, 2021","updated_at_pretty":"23 August, 2021","created_at":"2021-08-23T10:08:35.000+00:00","published_at":"2021-08-23T10:18:16.000+00:00","updated_at":"2021-08-23T10:18:16.000+00:00","meta_title":null,"meta_description":null,"og_description":null,"og_image":null,"og_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"twitter_image":null,"twitter_title":null,"authors":[{"name":"Tim Elder","slug":"tim","bio":null,"profile_image":null,"twitter":null,"facebook":null,"website":null}],"primary_author":{"name":"Tim Elder","slug":"tim","bio":null,"profile_image":null,"twitter":null,"facebook":null,"website":null},"primary_tag":null,"tags":[{"name":"#blog","slug":"hash-blog","description":null,"feature_image":null,"meta_description":null,"meta_title":null,"visibility":"internal"},{"name":"#feed","slug":"hash-feed","description":null,"feature_image":null,"meta_description":null,"meta_title":null,"visibility":"internal"},{"name":"multiply-minute","slug":"multiply-minute","description":"The 1-minute read to get the money news you need with expert adviser commentary","feature_image":null,"meta_description":null,"meta_title":null,"visibility":"public"}],"plaintext":"\nPayPal embraces virtual assets\nUsers in the UK will be able to buy and sell Bitcoin\n[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2021/08/23/paypal-brings-cryptocurrency-trading-service-uk/]\n, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash. This year has seen Bitcoin’s price climb\nto an all-time high, fall by almost 50 percent, then rebound in recent weeks.\nThe FCA (regulators) warned investors to be prepared to lose money; it was\nrevealed 14% of investors had used debt to invest. \n\nLorry drivers wanted\nBrexit and Covid-19 caused lorry drivers to leave the UK, according to Logistics\nUK (the largest freight trade association). Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng\nhas been warned that the impact on supply chains is getting worse\n[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58287003]. Lobby groups are calling for\nvarious measures, including granting work visas, speeding up training, and\nimproving Covid testing.\n\n\nTravel test clampdown\nSome private Covid travel test providers are being removed from the government\nwebsite [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58300897] because they either no\nlonger exist or provide the right services. Others will be issued warnings over\nmisleading pricing. Health Secretary Sajid Javid said the move was to clamp down\non \"cowboy behaviour\".\n\n\nMountain queues\nAbout 700,000 people visited Snowdon this year, compared with about 500,000 in\n2018. It has resulted in 45-minute queues at the peak\n[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-58283816], and a sharp increase in litter,\nfootpath erosion, wild camping, traffic, and parking.","html":"<h3 id=\"paypal-embraces-virtual-assets\"><br>PayPal embraces virtual assets</h3><p>Users in the UK <a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2021/08/23/paypal-brings-cryptocurrency-trading-service-uk/\">will be able to buy and sell Bitcoin</a>, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash. This year has seen Bitcoin’s price climb to an all-time high, fall by almost 50 percent, then rebound in recent weeks. The FCA (regulators) warned investors to be prepared to lose money; it was revealed 14% of investors had used debt to invest. </p><figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img src=\"https://multiply.ghost.io/content/images/2021/08/Adviser-view-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1188\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https://multiply.ghost.io/content/images/size/w600/2021/08/Adviser-view-1.png 600w, https://multiply.ghost.io/content/images/size/w1000/2021/08/Adviser-view-1.png 1000w, https://multiply.ghost.io/content/images/2021/08/Adviser-view-1.png 1188w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 720px) 720px\"></figure><h3 id=\"lorry-drivers-wanted\">Lorry drivers wanted</h3><p>Brexit and Covid-19 caused lorry drivers to leave the UK, according to Logistics UK (the largest freight trade association). Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has been warned that <a href=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58287003\">the impact on supply chains is getting worse</a>. Lobby groups are calling for various measures, including granting work visas, speeding up training, and improving Covid testing.<br></p><h3 id=\"travel-test-clampdown\">Travel test clampdown</h3><p>Some<strong> </strong>private Covid travel test providers are being <a href=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58300897\">removed from the government website</a> because they either no longer exist or provide the right services. Others will be issued warnings over misleading pricing. Health Secretary Sajid Javid said the move was to clamp down on \"cowboy behaviour\".<br></p><h3 id=\"mountain-queues\"><strong>Mountain queues</strong></h3><p>About 700,000 people visited Snowdon this year, compared with about 500,000 in 2018. It has resulted in <a href=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-58283816\">45-minute queues at the peak</a>, and a sharp increase in litter, footpath erosion, wild camping, traffic, and parking.</p>","url":"https://multiply.ghost.io/paypal-launches-crypto-service/","uuid":"a83fa0f6-3089-4359-9cc3-9b63e708d637","page":null,"codeinjection_foot":null,"codeinjection_head":null,"codeinjection_styles":null,"comment_id":"612373a36e4273003be1e254"}},"pageContext":{"slug":"paypal-launches-crypto-service"}},"staticQueryHashes":["176528973","2358152166","2561578252","2731221146","4145280475"]}